Today's VA State History Lesson

It's wierd to just come off the Christmas and New Year's holidays and then get another long weekend. Crazy. And, it's all because I work for the state of Virginia and I get both Lee-Jackson Day (today) and Martin Luther King Day (Monday). Lee-Jackson Day celebrates the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. The original holiday was created in 1889 to celebrate Lee's birthday, and Jackson's name was added to the holiday in 1904. Then, when President Reagan approved Jan. 15th as Martin Luther King Day, Lee-Jackson-King day was born, celebrating both the Confederate generals and the civil rights leader. Due to the incongruous nature of the holiday, Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore split the holidays in 2000, giving Virginia state employees a four day weekend as Lee-Jackson day is celebrated the Friday before Martin Luther King Day.

So, now that I have off this long weekend, it's hard to decide what to do. Right now I'm getting some photos ready to print up for the infamous New Zealand scrapbook that will one day be finished. As for the rest of the weekend, the only concrete plans are to go and sign the lease to our new place tomorrow. Other than that, we'll probably just be hanging out and avoiding the bad weather. Oooh, and now we are scheduling hair cut appointments to get haircuts... hopefully we'll be quite stylish! :)

Hope you all have a great weekend!