Bare Trip!

My spouse, Aaron, and I are eager for this three-day weekend to be finished. It isn’t one that we often get to enjoy as one of Aaron’s job responsibilities as a nursing supervisor is to ensure that there is sufficient coverage at all times. This particular holiday weekend is one of those times when practically everyone and their cousin want off from work, which ensures him of frequently having to engage in a double (back-to-back) shift in order for the hospital to provide necessary services for patients and their needs. One obvious result is that our holiday is a separate experience for us both: his is professional and mine is leisure.

One benefit this situation presents to us is that the hospital, once the holiday is over, must make certain that Aaron’s professional schedule is standard and not a burden. Because of the holiday imbalance, in just the three-day weekend he has met his necessary schedule and now has the remainder of this week free from obligation. When he leaves the hospital this afternoon, we’re off for a trip in his new automobile (purchased back in April) with no determined destination! A planned, spontaneous adventure with no agenda aside from relaxing together! We’ll drive around and visit the sights within the area, free from any obligation besides just being ourselves!

In the USA today is the Memorial Day Monday holiday. The day set aside to honour and offer tribute to those who gave their lives in service to this country. By military protocols, the national flags fly at half-mast until noon as a reminder of those who sacrificed themselves. At the noon hour, the flags are then raised to the full-mast status for the remainder of the day.

President Biden will offer a floral wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, as part of the national homage to all this nation’s war deceased. This ceremony happens very conveniently near our home and Aaron and I have attended the presentation during the Obama administration several times.

As Aaron is working today, if the weather cooperates, I may go to the ceremony today.

To all reading here and observing Memorial Day, have a happy and safe holiday!

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, May 31, 2024, and the proposed topic is: “Bottoms-Up! May, 2024!”