Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for July 06, 2013
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Gramma Evie: Enjoying your day off? Val: Trying to... Val: All I wanted was a mental health day...but I feel so nervous about lying to the office I don't think my mental health has benefited at ALL... Val: Don't say I told you so. Gramma Evie: You've got so much internal guilt you don't need ME.
I took two mental health days: 9/11/01 and 9/12/01. The second day I sat out on the deck and looked up at the skies, so empty of the usual motors, wings and contrails.