abusing the Lord's day

i just put in a 12-hour workday. so much for a day of rest. i drove to Wisconsin this morning, to a place called Lake Lulu, and taught a bunch of plant-freak volunteers how to monitor populations of rare, threatened, or endangered plants. then we actually monitored a population of these:Cypripedium parviflorum, or Yellow Lady's-slipper. A cute little guy - but growing in a poison sumac thicket. yikes.
then i drove home, and had to deal with all the holiday drivers. but i did get to see a car full of teenage boys (who had been harassing me) get pulled over by the cops. sometimes life *is* fair.
now, i am wearing a towel and eating a big bowl of delicious salad.
the only downside is that i wanted to go to a percussion concert at Northwestern this evening, but i got home too late.
another upside: i've now earned myself 2 vacation days (!)