The Day Before the Big Day

Still figuring out what to do

Here it is the morning of April 17th and looking out my window I once again see the neighborhood landscape covered in a blanket of snow. This was our fourth snowstorm (so far) in April.

Thankfully, the clouds are gone so the sun should have this snow melted by noon. Personally, I think it should be against the law to snow in April. I mean seriously; it’s just plain wrong! Of course that law would be incredibly difficult to enforce. And besides, we already have enough laws.

The important thing is tomorrow’s weather. The official weather prognosticators are calling for a cloudless sunny warm day. They better be correct! It is very important.

In regards to the Big Day I’m afraid I am guilty of procrastination. I have done almost no planning. And now it’s about to be too late. I’ve got to figure something out today.

Of course the Big Day isn’t really all that big of a day for me. I usually don’t do much out of the ordinary but I do try to do at least one special thing. Unfortunately, this year I have yet to figure out what that will be.

In past years I have always tried to incorporate a nice long nature walk into the Big Day. But since I almost always do that it’s not special, right? Occasionally I have taken myself out to eat at some halfway decent restaurant on the Big Day but I can’t do that this year because all the restaurants are closed except for take out.

I have also gone on picnics on the Big Day many times, including last year. While I may still do that this year it can’t be my one special thing since it is not different enough.

Last year I drank tequila on the Big Day. That was fun. And it was very different. But I cannot simply repeat what I did last year.

What to do? What to do?

Actually, there is one thing that I have planned that is extremely different from what I normally do on the Big Day. I am going to bake a cake for myself! I procured all the necessary ingredients a couple of weeks ago. Back when I was a family guy I used to bake cakes all the freaking time — for every holiday both real and made up. But that was decades ago. I have not baked a Big Day cake since then. I hope I remember how to follow the directions on the box.

Moist German chocolate cake with chocolate frosting! No candles. Man, that is really going to mess with my newly adopted health regimen. But hey, the Big Day is all about breaking the rules, right?

A Big Day cake on the Big Day might be delicious and very different since I have not experienced it in so very long but I don’t think it qualifies as a super special event or experience to top off the day. I want my mind to be blown wide open. I want to push the envelope of life experiences. I want to go where I’ve never gone before. I want to touch the face of God.

Or something close to that.

Why did I wait until the last day to figure this out? Seriously, at this point I am totally clueless. I’ve got some serious thinking to do. But can that really help? Thinking tends to just screw things up. Maybe I should just work on being as open as I can be to some incredible thing spontaneously happening tomorrow. That doesn’t always work but it might work better than thinking.

Last year I gave myself a pretty nice present on the Big Day but this year I’ve got nothing. If it wasn’t for me giving myself presents I would never get any presents on the Big Day. Well, it’s time for that to change. This year I am asking the Universe to give me a Big Day present. I know I’m asking a bit late but I hope the Universe still has time to go shopping.

And while I’m at it, I may as well ask the Universe for a present for next year’s Big Day. I would like to be living where it does not snow in mid-April!

Please?

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