French National Laborday

So Thursday is France's big day off, where they close everything to honor their hard work...No? Okay, they close everything for convenience sake. We are all getting a kick out of "French National Laborday" because the way things run on a Monday through Friday here are similar to the feeling of a late Sunday evening in America. They have the lowest amount of hours for any industrialized nation at 35 per week, and take around 5-6 weeks of vacation a year. So tomorrow should be a nice day off it would seem, but everyone (including me) is dreading it. It's going to be cold & rainy and nothing is open! It's like Sundays here, where if the weather isn't good you just hull up and pass the time. Last Sunday evening I was about ready to just go to sleep when I realized I still had about 2 hours before the sunset. Tomorrow, who knows, maybe I will count how many times I can bounce a ball without losing control of it.