Office-day Mondays

 You've probably have seen those pictures of "I hate Mondays". I know there are people who resent those who "hate Mondays", though there is a group that will always smile because we remember Garfield, the cat, but also Hoops&Yoyo. I'm one of those people who love the "I hate Mondays" kind of quotes and images, even though I tend to like the day itself. (If you wonder why I don't have any pictures on my posts, it's because Google refuses to let me, because, allegedly, I don't have space in my drive, which is ridiculous.)

I like Mondays because it's a fresh start, because it's the day after the weekend and I'm rested, full of energy. I like Mondays because these are the "moon-days", and I like the Moon. (I'm a Moonchild, after all.) And for a while, one of my favorite TV series had a new episode every Monday. You see, I have great reasons to love Mondays. But these days I don't love it so much: I have to go to the office to waste time on Mondays. And I loath it.

On a regular day, I wake up between 5:00 and 5:30 and start my routine: make the bed, brush my teeth, change clothes, water plants, put away dishes that have been on the dryer all night, wash the cats' dishes, do my morning exercises, feed the cats, shower, dress, do house chores, breakfast, eat breakfast and start my work day.  On Mondays I have to wake up between 2:40 and 3:10 to do all that but put to house chores, with a much elaborated dressing, putting on heels and then drive for a bit over an hour to get to the office and start working.

It is tiresome. At the office I have to get breakfast, which is not a simple, tasty thing but I have to go out and spend money. Walk to the coffee shop, order, pay and back, which is bracketed by lift travel and waiting. Each time I want to eat, throw away a wrapper or a coffee cup, go to the bathroom, eat, anything, It's a matter of walking and making everything inconvenient. We are becoming less productive, not only due to the time lost because now the cubicles (which are shared, because the effort to build "team identity" and "connection with the company" does not include making the place feel like your own) have no paper bins, and the only paper bin is centralized. We are moody and tired for waking up so late, for spending money we wouldn't have if we would have been home. The environment is uninviting and you are surrounded by everybody's conversations, which are annoying as hell.

After Monday, the rest of the day are work-from-home days, days that are not sacrificed to fragile egos that need stroking, and that makes them better. Or so we hope.