Monday again?

I hate Monday's. I hate Tuesday's too.

It's not that I hate my job, I don't. Nothing special happens on Monday that would make me dread it. Monday and Tuesday are pretty much the same as the rest of my week. I just can't stand starting a new week after the weekend.

I think some of the problem isn't work, but life in general. On Sunday the banks, the post office and other businesses are closed. It is almost as though I have a break from reality. Monday rolls around, the bills are back in the mailbox and the bank calls to give me a friendly reminder that my "grace period" is up in five days for this month's mortgage. My kids tell me on the way to school that they need more lunch money and their gym shoes are too small then I walk into work to find we have a meeting to discuss why nobody made their goals last month. It's not even nine in the morning and I am exhausted.

Something must change and this is the perfect time to make that change, but how?

For the past eleven months I have dreaded Monday's and knew I had to do something to make a change yet I tolerated, secretly hoping something would just change on it's own. Nothing happened, well, maybe things got a bit worse! That is the problem with waiting for things to happen on their own; change is inevitable. You can do nothing and it is certain change will happen but if you do nothing the change might be in the opposite direction of what you want.

Time to get serious and this is the perfect time to decide that. New Years Resolutions! I love this time of the year. Time to wipe the slate clean and start over; a do-over so to speak! 2008 was a great year and looking back at my list from this time last year, I accomplished a lot. I completed all but one of my "goals" and that last one I am working on right now. I have a tendency sometimes to wait to the last minute and on this particular goal it seems I will finish December 31st! Anyway, now is the time to figure out how to make me NOT hate Monday's in 2010.

I don't know exactly how I am going to make it happen yet but I will find a way. My initial thought is to get ahead on bills and complete all my online bill pay so I get very little mail. However, in the end it might just be that every Monday I treat myself to a large coffee mocha and a biscotti at Espresso Bay on my way to work. It might not help my pocketbook but I would sure look forward to Mondays.