Day 19: Sunday, January 13
Countdown to Kentucky Round-Up:

What's Kentucky Round-Up?

Sundays and the American work ethic

There's nothing better than a new horse.  Today a good friend took me to visit with her new mare, a blue roan walking horse.  It's almost as exciting as having a new baby.. for some anyway. Or I suppose a new car.  You look over every inch of their body, clean them up better than they've been cleaned for years, watch for personality traits and behavior oddities...and dream of taking them out "on the road" this spring.

But back this blog's topic, Kentucky Round-Up.  Because it was such a rainy Sunday, I was able to get a lot done.  Composed a long email to go out to members. (Telling them about it but asking for help), added three pages to the website, corrected others, wrote an article for newspapers, updated the project management software we are using.  Slowly but surely tasks get ticked off on the list.

Which brings me to the point of working on Sunday.  I am not very religious, but most of the time I try to keep Sunday as either a day of REST or a day of PLAY.  Most Americans work too hard.  It is our possessions that keep us working (the economic motivation) plus somehow our culture rewards "accomplishments" even when it is not attached to money. (the "values" motivation).  Most of us pretty much acquiesce to that culture. Capitalism could not survive without the accomplishment motivation.

Nevertheless,  Sunday is usually pretty sacred in terms of "no work" for me.

But there are exceptions, and Kentucky Round-Up is one of them.  It's big, it's new and it's complicated.  You have to be flexible.

I will warn you, though --- if you try to find me the week after Kentucky Round-Up, you will have to look somewhere warm and sunny.  AHHHH...

See you tomorrow.