Cause That’s My Funday
Hi there readers of Miss (newly anonymous) All the Wine. I’m Brookem, and I’m feeling a little flustered about posting on a Monday, so I’m writing this Sunday night and will publish this tomorrow instead.
I just thought it was important to get that confession out there in the open so we could all feel comfy to be in a judgement-free zone here. Speaking of “judgement-free zones?” My gym has big signs about that posted all over the place. “The Judgement Free Zone!” with a big thumbs up next to it. Personally I don’t really go to the gym to judge (Unless of course you’re one of those doucheboxes that wear the oversized satin-y slash polyester-esqe Adidas pants with a beater four sizes too small, or you’re that chick that dons full-on prom makeup and big hoop earrings for the gym. Then, I’m sorry but I will be judging in that zone, giving you a big thumbs down because that’s just downright wrong.)
But anyway, this isn’t a post about the gym or any of that. Frankly I don’t really have a theme planned, but the bottom line was that I needed to get this post done any time other than a Monday, because Monday’s and I, we’re just not that into each other.
The thing is, I just don’t do well with a Monday. Inevitably, around say 4pm(ish) on Sunday, I’m already starting to feel the wrath of Monday. I can have the most relaxing, laid back weekend ever, Sunday could be pure bliss, lazing around and drinking cocktails chilling out, getting to bed early in an effort to feel refreshed for Monday, but it never works. I will always end up hating Monday, despite my efforts to be a trooper and just deal with it already.
Then I think, hmm, maybe this whole Monday thing is all in my head? Maybe I’m just being a wicked wimp about it all, maybe I’m not actually the only one who experiences a case of the Mondays, maybe the whole thing is that I just need to grin and bear it and shut up about the whole thing already! Maybe I’m turning the damn Monday thing into some self fulfilling prophecy. In always thinking and planning for it to be a total bust and crap of a day, that’s what it always ends up being.
What are your thoughts on a Monday? Do you despise them as much as me? Do you think if we had long weekends all of the time, Tuesdays would suck just as bad?
You know what, I’m thinking that if LOST were on on Mondays instead of Thursdays, I’d have a whole different outlook on this little situation (I know at the very least, All the Wine will back my ass up on this one).
Because what can’t Sawyer* make better, for serious?
*Replace Jack for Sawyer if you must. Though I can’t get down with it totally, because he lacks the good HOH that Sawyer rocks, I can see the appeal on some level. And All the Wine is a Jack fan, and I’m a fan of hers, so I could possibly, maybe be persuaded to switch camps. We’ll see.
We should seriously do away with Mondays all together and start work on Tuesdays.. and stop on Thursdays..
Yes.
I think Douchbox is my new favorite word…Thank you for that!
deutlich- i LOVE the tuesday to thursday idea. damn straight.
matt- yeah… kind of a mix between douchebag and toolbox. defintion of people i hate seeing at the gym.
i think that once you have a job that you like a lot more than the current one (or maybe, !, a job that you love!) you won’t be phased by mondays in the least.
xo
a job that you love to go to on a Monday? Let me know what it is! You know what would be a good job for a monday morning? Mattress tester.
Hey lady! Love your post here.
Ok, here’s my thought on Mondays. Once upon a time, when I worked a particular job, Wednesday’s were my dreaded days. Seriously…I would have taken a month of Mondays over any Wednesday. In fact, I loved Mondays back then because it was the one day of the week that the phone didn’t ring. Each Tuesday night I would start dreading the following day and then Wednesday would roll around and yup - it sucks donkey balls.
So, the moral of my story? I truly believe that how you decide to approach the potential shitty day really does have an impact on how the day turns out. Because now? Now Wednesdays are just fine…in fact - they are one of my favourite days of the week (because it’s one of my lighter meeting days meaning that I can mess around a bit more).
Anyway, great post. And I love the Lost idea. In fact - how about Lost being on every night? Seriously…that would rule. And I’ll be replacing Desmond for Sawyer. Cuz that’s how I roll.
Judging people at the gym is half the fun of going.
Some Mondays are better than others. I have no idea how to deal with any of them well, though.
As for the gym, yeah, the dress-up girls kill me, too. And I totally judge that.
I’m not a Monday person either. Hmph. I am a Sawyer fan though!
Mondays are okay. When I was younger I hated them but now I don’t mind them so much. Maybe that will change when I have a bonafide 9-5 M-F job.
I too love douchebox. And now I want a corny “The Judgment Free Zone!” sign.
I am firmly entrenched in the Sawyer camp. Yum. He just made this Monday better.
“The Judgment Free” Zone? That would be my workout right there — trying to keep my mouth shut would use every muscle in my body.
Mondays I can deal with. Sundays give me the blues, or the *Sundays*, as I’ve taken to calling them.
m- maybe you’re right? i think there always has to be a day that you’re not too into. i just think mondays are mine.
allthewine- matress tester, i love it. id like to work the graveyard shift on sunday with that one- that way i could work into monday and feel all refreshed.
sicilian mama- thanks for coming over here to visit! i think you’re right about the mindset you have going into the dreaded day. good call. and of course you would pick des. his hair is good he has that going for him.
apollocreed- damn straight. i knew when i took to running and cycling that something was missing. it was the people watching damnit!
justrun- you SHOULD judge that. they dress to be judged right?
e- thank god for sawyer!
SA- i kind of want one of those signs too for my apartment. good call.
elise- yes, googling him made my day that much better yesterday and then seeing him today sealed the deal.
dingo- it’s not easy!
freckledk- i guess everyone has a dreaded day, huh?
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Mondays… meh. I suspect my view on this day has been tainted by the fact that today? Might rank in my five worst days ever. Last Monday (if I recall) was pretty swell, so maybe I should just give Monday’s a passing B- ?
I think maybe if Monday was renamed “Funday” things might be better.
As for Jack and Sawyer… they are the ultimate. Jack is the guy you marry, Sawyer is the guy you sleep with before you meet and marry Jack.