“One of the greatest labor saving inventions of today is tomorrow.”

- Vincent Foss

Today is not just another day, it's my day off.

Not the biggest news I might have to offer but a special time nonetheless.

A day off, to me, is a lot like a little vacation that you don't have to travel to enjoy.

All you just have to do is not go to work. Now not working is an idea we can all get behind. And for me there are only really two approaches to having a day off.

You could go out to the kitchen and pick up that “honey-do” list and get a few things done around the house. Clean the garage, wash the car, mow the lawn or perhaps do the laundry. But before you start organizing your priorities take a step back, crinkle up that Post-it note of oppression, turn toward the garbage can and pull a Michael Jordan.

I know you might feel a pang of guilt but realize that what is written on that paper all comes down to one thing; work.

This is not what this day is about. In fact if you end up doing any type of labor then you have gone against everything this day represents.

My suggestion is to have your morning coffee in a mug instead of a Styrofoam cup. It's even better if your “morning” starts at one or two in the afternoon.

The only thing I think you should do is plop yourself in front of the television, watch some Judge Judy and, when the moment's right, take a nap.

Napping, by all accounts, is a pretty straightforward activity. There is no special equipment required.

You don't have to get in shape or be in a “zone” to partake of its goodness. Plus there are no rules or penalties; I mean it's not like you can do it wrong. Just about the only decision you will have to make to enjoy this luxury is deciding on the location. For me, that choice is simple; bed or couch. Granted there have been times when I have “nodded off” during office meetings, any movie starring Tom Cruise, or just about any time when I should be “on the clock.”

But those are times that I don't count as napping so much as merely practice for when the real event starts. Sort of like when baseball players swing two bats before they step up to the plate. It's just a warm-up. So the location? Well I hate to be all political because I believe in everyone's right to choose, but for me, I am pro-couch. I feel that if I was to nap exclusively on the bed then it would lessen my bedtime experience. That and the fact that at night when I did go to bed, I would always be having that feeling of deja vu: Wasn't I just sleeping here earlier?

So rest, relax and enjoy. Just don't work too hard at it.

Auburn native Bradley Molloy's column appears here, each Sunday, in The Citizen. He can be reached at lovonian@hotmail.com