Happy Leap Day! This is the first Leap Year Carter is old enough to grasp that we have an extra day and why. I mean, if his teachers give him a good explanation today, that is.
Daddy and Mommy gave him the simplified version this morning: It takes 365 1/4 days to rotate around the sun each year. So every 4th year, we throw in an extra day to even it out and keep Daylight Savings Time on track, etc.
Then Carter responds with something like: "Did you know the Earth's rotation slows down 10 seconds every decade?" Clearly, the future scientist is more entrenched in Solar System facts than Mom and Dad.
I suspect in general Leap Day is far more interesting to scientists (and wanna-bes like Carter) and those who actually have a birthday or anniversary of sorts on that day. On the way to work, hubby says, "Twenty years ago today I started working at the newspaper." So technically, he only had 3 work anniversaries while employed there 15 years. That would explain why he got so few raises.
Although it seems like just another day, wouldn't it be great if we could stop time, have no requirements to work or go to school, and say: "Here's an extra day for you. Do what you want!"
Wouldn't that be cool? 24 extra hours to scrapbook or golf or play Madden '08 with Carter (just kidding on that one -- I wouldn't know the first thing about operating PS2). If we could pick (and I don't mean to be selfish), I would rather have that extra day in the summer naturally, since I'd rather curse over a missed putt than trudge through the woods on snowshoes.
What would you do with a Leap Day like that?
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Sony's PS3 has hit hard times. The company has slashed production costs by 35%, yet the console still sells at a loss.
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