presidents day

Off of work for Presidents Day. Actually, Washington's birthday is Feb. 22nd not today. Today is also my parent's anniversary. One year their anniversary fell on a weekday. Mom made pot roast, mashed potatoes, ...all the fix in's for a Sunday dinner. We asked "Why are we having a big dinner?" Mom said "We always have a nice dinner on Washington's birthday". Then she brought out a cake. We asked "Why are we having cake tonight?" She answered: "We always have a nice cake on Washington's birthday". While we were eating cake I happened to be watching my father as he took a bite of his cake. The fork was half way to his mouth as he started to take a bite. Then his eyes opened wide and he dropped the fork. "It's our anniversary!" I don't know what he did later to atone for his forgetfulness, but that was an anniversary we would never forget.