It’s a new week and a new chance to make every day special. Here’s a list of daily celebrations we’ve compiled from a number of sources to help guide your week.
May 1: May Day! Will you leave a May basket for a friend, and give chase if he/she spots you?
Also: School Bus Driver’s Day (they get the kids there safely), Chocolate Parfait Day.
May 2: Baby Day. Kiss one, be one — maybe even make one today.
Also: International Scurvy Awareness Day. Kind of irrelevant locally, except for the pirates among us. Argh, eat a lime, matey! (then make a citrus cat helmet.), Truffle Day.
May 3: Two Different Colored Shoes Day. Join the hipsters in their thing.
Also: School Nurse Day (they deserve at least one day), Paranormal Day (let the spirit move you), Chocolate Custard Day.
May 4: Intergalactic Star Wars Day. May the 4th be with you. Get it? Look for “Star Wars”-related events today.
And: Petite and Proud Day (for those of us who are height-impaired), Firefighters’ Day (they’re pretty important, too), International Respect for Chickens Day (we all chicken out sometime), Candied Orange Peel Day.
May 5: Revenge of the Fifth. Again, with the “Star Wars” thing. This time, you join the Dark Side, as in “Revenge of the Sith.”
And of course: Cinco de Mayo. Celebrate Mexican culture in St. Paul (on Seis de Mayo.)
Also: Museum Lovers Day (let yourself go), No Pants Day (get those pasty-white gams some daylight), Hoagie Day.
May 6: Free Comic Book Day. “Graphic novels” aren’t just for kids anymore.
Also: Scrapbook Day (get scrappy), Beverage Day (goes well with both previous activities), Start Seeing Monarchs Day (the butterflies, not the royal people), and two others to set you free: No Diet Day and No Homework Day — but for just one day.
May 7: Homebrew Day and Cosmopolitan Day. Either way, cheers!
Also: Mayday for Mutts (adopt them!), Lemonade Day (Beyonce, or the refreshing beverage?), Roast Leg of Lamb Day.
And bear in mind: National Nurses Week starts May 6. Thanks, all you who help us heal. Also May is National Get Caught Reading Day; your boss should appreciate that.