Staying home

I hate going out. Seriously. Why do people find pleasure in dressing up, getting into the car, pulling a map out, driving for half an hour, and then battling huge crowds at shopping malls or stand in endless lines at various tourist attractions or go to a restaurant that does not even make good food?

I call myself a home bird. My husband thinks I'm plain lazy. Theres also tremendous pressure at my workplace. Friday afternoon at work, everyone wants to know what I plan to do during the weekend. And if I dare say "nothing much", my over zealous colleague will do internet searches and give me printouts of boring things to do. And ofcourse, she has to follow up monday!

By the time its saturday afternoon, I run out of excuses to stay home (lunch is done, laundry done, no movies left to see). So I try to be a sport and suggest "fun things" (while my inner voice silently chants "just watch food tv and sleep all afternoon")

Anyway, cnn.com totally vindicated my stance. 76% of people surveyed are planning to spend memorial day weekend at home. Guess i'm not the only home bird around.