Robert Burns, the Scottish poet, wrote, “The best-laid schemes of mice and men go oft awry.” I am a victim of that this Memorial Day weekend. What was supposed to be a sunny and pleasant Saturday is, instead, cool and drizzly. And conjunctivitis has gotten to my son and his family, resulting in a pause in my Memorial Day weekend plans.

(Exactly 61 words)

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Written for Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt, where the challenge is “pause” in exactly 61 words.