Does Leap Year make sense to you?
“Leap Day” (February 29) sounds suspiciously like “spring forward” and “fall back,” two of my least favorite “holidays.” Why trust people who mess with calendars any more than people who mess with clocks?
It’s not enough that we spring and fall. Now we are expected to leap? The whole scenario sounds suspiciously like exercise. I don’t trust that, either.
Scientists, however, declare we humans don’t have to sweat. Our planet should jog around the sun in 365 days, but slowpoke Earth requires 365¼ days. People who lie awake at night worrying about that — and whether every apple sticker posts the correct bar code, and whether Number 1372 or Number 1373 inspected their jeans, or how many angels dance on the head of a pin — insist Leap Year is a necessary corrective measure.
Thinking positive, though, who hasn’t wished for an extra 24 hours?
- To catch up on sleep missed the other three years.
- To discover that aliens do indeed exist — growing in the refrigerator.
- To read books piled on our nightstands.
- To meet strangers across the street who have lived there only 12 years.
Springing forward and falling back aside, messing with the calendar might not prove so bad, after all. Maybe we should take some leaps this Leap Year?
Your Extraordinary Ordinary: What leap would you take?
