I don’t know what’s worse, spending a holiday working or wasting a day when there’s so much work to get done. Unfortunately, I did a little of both today, and it was the worst side of both possibilities. I spent the day doing payroll, which is good, but after I was done I did very little the rest of the day.

That’s bad. I should have been going full steam ahead on the Big Project, and not just because I sort of promised the Boss I would work on it every chance I got, but also because we got a letter from the bonding company wanting to see our year-end financial statements so that they can authorize new bonds for new work.

That, by the way, is exactly the reason the Boss is so hot for me to get it done. We’ve done really well over the last year, but we can’t afford to stagnate, much less go backward. If we don’t get new work, all the momentum is lost. It’s up to me now. The ball’s in my court. Nothing proceeds unless I get the Big Project done, and I didn’t do a lick of work on it today. What a waste.

I see our president took advantage of the holiday to compare himself with George Washington. That tremor on the east coast was the first George W rolling over. Bush shouldn’t get his own holiday since he’s already contributed mightily to Veterans’ Day and Memorial Day. He can’t have Presidents’ Day, too.