mondays

You know how certain days 

have a feel

about them?

When I looked for images of 

Monday

I was surprised by the vast

array.

This, however,

 spoke of my today.

Some look at Monday

as a return to

work

just another four-letter word

kind-of-day.

A return to schedule

after the freedom

of the weekend.

For others

it's just another day.

For me

Mondays are filled with

expectation

like little New Year's in and

of themselves.

You know...like,

Monday I will begin that

diet

(not me mind you, but I've heard of this

happenstance)

new curriculum

 (my homeschool Monday)

exercise routine

cleaning project

craft project

schedule...

Monday.

No doubt

Monday means

a fresh new start

the promise of a new beginning.

Sounds great on the screen.

But like any good resolution

that loses its momentum

by February...

Monday loses its

strength by

noon...

possibly sooner

like today when I rolled from my bed

still groggy with sleep

to another gray type 

end-(already!)-of-winter day.

A bit of snow and ice covered the drive.

I was good with that

because snow brings light...

so does that big yellow thing in the sky

that hasn't shown its face

for far too long.

Which is why my house painting

project has flowed with

the sun phases.

Energy with.

Drained without.

All this to say.

I'm okay with it.

I am fighting this Monday tendency

that threatens to 

suck all joy from my life 

and I am attempting to replace it with

a more relaxed version.

No time like right now

to begin something.

(much like the "no time like the present")

Not to be confused with

the time honored

never put off tomorrow 

blah-ditty-blah-blah.

I'm talking about those changes

you know will help

and benefit you

your loved ones

the world!

Yes!

The world.

Start today.

Well...

if it isn't gray and you really don't

want to do whatever it is anyway.

Ah...

and there lies the rub.

I have found that I do that

which I want to do

much faster and with

excitement and an insurmountable amount

 (there's a tongue twister!)

of energy

than that which I really

don't want to do in the first place.

Now

if you've made it this far in my 

ramblings

don't message me with the dangers

of this theory.

I know...I know...

every job has its mundane side

and sometimes we must just

plow through it.

To which I will say to you...

whatever!

with teenage attitude.

Because if you have made it this

far in my writing

you too must be experiencing

Monday Madness.

I'm not fooling myself here

I am completely cognizant of the fact that

this is not very compelling stuff I've got

going here...

so what's your excuse?

Get out there

and do as you say already!

Go on!

Get on with it.

As for me and my house

we will

wait for the 

sun.

(double-entendre not intended

but hey...

it works!)

Oh yeah...

and don't forget to...