here's how karma works:

i work every third weekend.
each new year, i sit down with a calendar and mark all the weekends i'm scheduled.
this year i felt smug, as i'm not scheduled to work any holiday weekends.
today i realized that i work on three weekends that i hold more important than holidays: the golden globes, the superbowl, and the oscars.
i had earlier discovered that i also work the weekends of two bike events i don't want to miss.

serves me right for feeling smug.