Saturdays

I love Saturdays.  It is the one day of the week when I don’t have hard and fast commitments, sometimes.  I don’t think that people who don’t work during the week, truly appreciate the value of a blank Saturday.  If they did, they would never plan anything on this ‘sacred’ day.  There is not much worse than coming off of a week where one has worked every day and hitting a Saturday that is jam packed with obligations.  This means no housework gets done for the whole week, no laundry, no vacuuming, no dusting or window washing or mopping or toilet cleaning or anything.  I know to some, this may not be such a bad deal, but after you have wallowed in the filth of a week without a deep housecleaning you learn to appreciate a free day to clean. 

Saturday is also a day to spend with family.  Some days the school day and then homework and concerts etc. leaves little or no time to spend with the kids.  I guess I would rather cram every concert and activity into the week and be gone from dawn to dust than hack into a Saturday.  So a word to the wise, leave Saturday alone.  It is a precious commodity, one to be left alone, God himself doesn’t mess with this most awesome of all days except twice a year for Conference, so lay off, planning and Saturdays don’t mix.  Even the primary song says “Saturday is a special day”. I know it is tempting but don’t do it. Don’t plan your parties and junk and stuff on this holy day.  Remember you are dealing with some people who work all week and need a day, a simple no planned, nothing to do but clean day… A Saturday.