Every Monday morning starts the exact same way.
Me: "Only five more days until the weekend."
It's amazing how I can spend an entire workweek looking forward to two days that disappear faster than a 10mm socket.
By Friday afternoon, I'm feeling like I just won the lottery. The work truck is parked, the boots are kicked off, and suddenly life is good again. I tell myself, "This weekend I'm going to get everything done."
Then reality shows up.
Saturday morning starts with sleeping in... for an extra 45 minutes because apparently my internal alarm clock didn't get the memo that it's the weekend. After breakfast, I think I'll relax for a bit. Next thing I know, I'm fixing something around the house because nothing owns a homeowner quite like a list of "quick projects."
One quick project somehow turns into six trips to the hardware store because every project is missing one part. You walk in for a handful of screws and walk out with a new tool you absolutely "needed."
By Saturday evening, you're exhausted, but at least you got one thing crossed off the list... and somehow added four more.
Sunday is even stranger.
You spend half the day trying to convince yourself it's still Saturday. Around 3:00 in the afternoon, that little voice starts whispering...
"You know you've got work tomorrow."
Thanks, brain. I was having a perfectly good day until you reminded me.
Then comes Sunday night. You start looking at the clock thinking, "If I go to bed now, I can get eight hours." Thirty minutes later you're still sitting in the recliner watching TV because you're trying to squeeze every last second out of the weekend like it's the final drop of ketchup in the bottle.
Before you know it...
The alarm goes off.
Monday has returned like that one coworker who always wants to tell you a 20-minute story before you've had your first cup of coffee.
Honestly, weekends should come with overtime.
Five workdays followed by two days off just doesn't seem like a fair trade. Whoever invented that schedule clearly never spent all week carrying lumber, fixing things, or wondering why every customer thinks their "five-minute job" actually takes five minutes.
I think the calendar needs an update.
Monday through Thursday can stay the same.
Friday should officially count as a half day.
Saturday should be two days.
Sunday should come with a "Pause Time" button.
And every month should include one bonus Saturday that appears out of nowhere just when everyone needs it.
Until that happens, I'll do what everyone else does.
Spend Monday through Friday counting down to the weekend...
Then spend Sunday evening wondering where it went.
If anyone figures out how to make weekends last four days while still getting paid for five, let me know. I'd call that the greatest invention since cordless power tools.
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