It is finally here, that extra day of the year! One more day to live, work, and get yourself a ride with Carmel. It feels like a spare 24 hours. Aren’t we always asking for more time? More hours in the day, more days of the week? Well here it is, what are you going to do with it?

What pressure can be found on February 29th! It only happens every four years, so you better make it special. Though, being a Monday, it is difficult to make the day anything but ordinary. It feels like just another Monday that brings yet another beautiful weekend to a close.

Still, one wants to make the extended month of February count. Why aren’t there Leap Day prix fixe dinners? Is there not special Leap Day attire? Leap Day ceremonies and parades? What a strange day to feel special, but simultaneously have nothing really going on.

So it is up to you to make it special. You get to dictate how unique and fun your Leap Day will be. It won’t happen again for four years, why not make it an extra special day? Maybe you buy that extra dessert and call it your Leap Day Cake. Maybe you get dressed up and take yourself out to that 5-course Leap Day Dinner. Whatever you choose to do, Carmel is here for all your Leap Day celebrations.

While some do not need an excuse to celebrate, February 29th is the perfect time to add a little something extra. It is simply begging for tradition, rituals, and most importantly, parties. It should be an extra day to celebrate the time we have accrued over the previous four years. Leap Day is like a tax return for time, and we should be able to spend it doing frivolous things! We earned it.

Whether you’re celebrating the day, or if you’ve forgotten it is still February, Carmel will leap to your door and get you where you need to be. February 29th is just an extra day you get to Carmel around town.

Happy Leap Day everyone!