Taking a Leap on Leap Day

As if we needed glaring, depressing, confirmation of how un-original our thoughts are, Special Days on the internet will do it.

“Holy crap, guys! People born today only get a birthday every few years!”

“Salaried people are working for free today!”

“It’s not even a real day, man! Is anything even real anymore? Woah. Deep. Hella deep.”

I love it that we do this, despite the above sarcasm, because our shared unoriginal thoughts are somewhat akin to how everyone in my family still occasionally speaks in “whale” (à la Finding Nemo) to each other. It’s ridiculous, especially when done in public, but it’s ours. We do not live in a vacuum.

Today we’re awkwardly reminding ourselves how refreshing it is to break patterns and habits. For us to ponder this, all together, and joke about it awkwardly, is totally adorable, really.

In Spokane, our leap year day is slushy and sunny, exactly the kind of refreshing I need it to be. I skipped out on life and bought myself a cup of coffee. I sat in the sun. I wore a skirt [with tights].

Not everyone is lucky and/or irresponsible enough to do this, but it’s worth doing with your brain. If I had one day left in Spokane,  and possibly in life, I might spend it sitting in this very spot, writing like I am now. Maybe I’d read a book.

I’m sitting in a coffee shop, the Rocket on Main, that has been here for fifteen years and will close its doors forever at 6 pm tonight, which adds to my feeling of stealing an irreplaceable moment.

Some things I wouldn’t do: Think about politics; Facebook; fuss with my hair.

What would you do with a “free” day?