Intellectually I know it's Monday, but we're in the week after Christmas, which means that time has no real meaning and today might was well be called Glunday or Mirtday or Quangday, so, happy Nuufday, everybody
@scalzi#liminal space/time. Makes it hard to go back to work tomorrow, knowing I have 4 days to prepare for an onslaught of students 7 faculty returning to campus, when all I want to do is hibernate (now that the blizzard is gone & my partner is nearly recovered from covid).
@TheStormcrow@scalzi Hoping for a complete recovery for your partner and a smooth transition back for you. This time of year is tough…wishing you the best.
@scalzi I don't understand why calendar reform didn't go with a variation on the ancient Egyptian calendar (or perhaps the French revolutionary calendar): a year should consist of 12 months of 30 days apiece, plus 5-6 extra festival days at the end.
@Sdowney@darthmoomin@scalzi This German can confirm that this is a common and universally understood phrase. If they aren't shop owners, cashiers, bus drivers, waiters, etc., Germans will be on vacation during that time, so most offices, public or private, are closed, and the time feels strange, because the old year has basically ended, but the new year hasn't yet begun.
@Sdowney@sbi@darthmoomin@scalzi And some will use this for one week of uninterrupted quality work as no one else is working. Less relevant with home office, but still. For sure for ppl. with kids this does not work (2 weeks school holidays).
@TonyBologni@Sdowney@darthmoomin@scalzi Many people will sacrifice their time for whatever hobby they nerd out about, and, yes, for some people that is their work. Most of us are sorry for them, though. 🙂 (I rather make sure I can set aside time to work uninterrupted when it isn't holidays, but I understand that some people cannot do this.)
@scalzi Wait, normal brained people don't feel like everyday is a Khruangday? The moment I stopped working in a place that required me to send semihourly reports, everyday just became a day.