Leap years are overrated
But it's not a leap year.
That's pretty much exactly my point. Nobody even noticed that it wasn't. A vast majority of the time, we fall asleep on February 28th and wake up on March 1st. It's pretty standard fare. But, roughly 25% of Februaries, we tack on an extra day due to the fact that we've learned to tell time a little better, and we felt bad that February got short-changed in the "Number of Days" department, so we give it one extra. Sometimes, people make a big deal out of it...usually people that were born on Feb 29th. The rest of us don't really care all that much, except for the fact that we can get all excited and use the phrase "Leap Day."
All that said, it's pretty much another day. If that day happens to fall on a normal work day, you still have to go to work, the mail still gets delivered, and you have to go an extra day without your paycheck. If you work a salaried job, that's like a free day for your employer. You have to work one more day that year than any other normal year, yet you don't see an extra dime for it. Bit of a ripoff if you ask me. I'm glad tomorrow is March.
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