Who came up with the concept of sleeping in?

Seriously.

I hardly think our pilgrim forefathers (hahahah, not really, I'm mostly a big fat ball of European-type peoples, none of which were pilgrims, except for the left pinkie nail which is Native American) slept in the next day after a long hard night of driving the horse and buggy 200 miles to Ye Olde Goodwill Shoppe, then proceeding back to the home front where everyone would drink and cry along with John, Son of Denver songs. (okay, that was just me. I forgot "country road" was one of those songs that makes me all sad and weepy and it really took me and everyone else by surprise. whoops.)

So if it wasn't the Pilgrims who started this blessed tradition, who was it?

Because I'd like to find that person (or maybe it was a group effort?) and shake their hands and buy them lunch.

No fair emailing me, saying it was all your idea, in an effort to get me to take you out for free food.

p.s. - the phrase "blessed tradition" will forever bring up memories of the billboard in support of polygamy I saw just outside of Salt Lake City this summer. It said, and I quote,"Polygamy is a blessed tradition." So put that in your pipe and smoke it. Jen and I started talking about polygamy the other day, and how I'm going to practice it. But I'm going to make it completely impersonal and take away the guys names and give them a series of numbers and letters, so they truly feel like my property. A day in my home will sound something like this:

"Number 3582-A, I want to have kids. It's time to impregnate me. While we're doing that, Number 92371-Q, make me a sandwich."

"Yes, dear."

(while this is going on 62329-K is washing my car and 20374-Y is working to pay my bills.)

Sometimes I marvel at the tons of truly messed up things my brain is capable of coming up with.