Yesterday was supposed to be “relaxation day” in our household, because that’s usually what Sundays are…and then we let Keegan Bradley and Jason Dufner into our living room. If you watched their three-hole playoff at the PGA Championship, you know why relaxing wasn’t on the agenda.
Today, however, is National Relaxation Day, and a survey conducted for Princess Cruise 
Lines has determined that 75 per cent of Americans would like to see it become an official U.S. holiday.
To which we say: “What’s wrong with the other 25?”
The survey is the second annual “relaxation report” Princess has commissioned, because like all cruise lines it’s in the business of helping people relax. It was more detailed than it’s going to be here, but parts of it make for especially interesting reading…or debate. Like, what would you say?
Such as:
• 25 per cent of respondents have never had a relaxing vacation (they need to take a cruise)
• 75 per cent feel guilty about leaving their kids at home and 50 per cent say it’s not a perfect vacation unless they do (we’re not going to touch that one)
• The most relaxed TV news anchors are Diane Sawyer, Matt Lauer and Anderson Cooper, in that order (what ever happened to Aaron Brown?)
• 45 per cent think a week-long vacation is more likely to reduce stress than increments of time every day (duh!)
To recognize National Relaxation Day, Princess is giving its employees complimentary yoga classes and changing today’s dress code to “summer fun”, which we would have done yesterday.
Then golf got in the way.
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