those of us in the theatre industry rarely get those three-day weekend monday holiday things. if we’re lucky enough to get a day off at all, it’s usually on a monday, in which case the fact that banks and post offices are closed is just plain inconvenient.

which is why i’m stoked that my tech schedule is giving me sunday and possibly much of monday off this week. whoo! and then on tuesday i will be celebrating the day that everyone has been anxiously awaiting by attending a friend’s inauguration brunch, aptly titled, “Ditch Work For Your New President”. tuesday morning = pancakes + barak obama? yes, please.

in the mean time, obama has urged everyone to consider MLK Day to be a day of national service. so if you’re lucky enough to have the day off, please consider volunteering for a community event. there are services events like helping out in shelters and food pantries, and also a lot of drop-off events, so if you don’t have a lot of free time you can still help out by donating an old coat to a shelter or coat drive, give blood to a blood drive, food to a food drive (i’m starting to get a drive theme here…), etc.

so go on, thank your lucky stars for a three day weekend, and go find a service event in your hood.