Ten minutes to write. Less time to read.

You’re printing a ten-page document and your printer runs out of ink on page six. You have no spare cartridge. You visit a scenic park for the day and record the outing with your camera. Only you forget to remove the lens cover. You put your favorite sweatpants, the ones with the drawstring through the waist, in the wash. They come out really clean, but the drawstring is lounging in the bottom of the washer.

Who can’t relate?

Not to trivialize our country’s woes, but these are the real challenges people face every day. We’re so busy at our jobs and our families and our lives that there isn’t time to get a run in your last pair of hose or a flat tire fifty miles from home. We’re worried about making the mortgage payment and getting Timmy to hockey practice, so his missing ice skate is on a par with a national disaster, at least for the moment.

These little challenges usually happen when I’m rushed and haven’t planned ahead well enough. My mind is trying to juggle ten things when there’s only room for eight. And since most people I know have similar stories, it makes me wonder if we’re all on permanent overload.

Maybe Hallmark could create another holiday – like Boss’s Day or Sweetest Day; only this one would promote doing nothing. For one entire day, all citizens would kick back and laze around. And, if the giant card company can’t make it happen, then maybe we should petition the members of Congress. They’ve been practicing all fall.