Monday blues

It's six o' clock in the morning and my mother's rushing all over the house, cooking breakfast, doing the laundry and hollering at my short-haired, cuddly big little sister to get her behind moving and get ready for school. My sister, drowsily gets off from bed, takes a bath, eats a hasty meal and leaves for school. My mother leaves for the office thirty minutes later to give her classic snide remarks and sermons to locked up guys over at the police station.

Through all this, I was oblivious to the world, lost in my own subconscious, feasting at the wonders my mind has to offer. It's Monday morning, practically the busiest day of the week for mortals all over the civilized planet, that is, except for us self lauded gods atop the Mount Olympus known to most as Miagao. For us, Monday could very well be the laziest day of the week for all we care. Because Monday is our third day of the weekend. The day when we rest our weary bodies, exhausted from family gatherings, express shopping, all night partying and endless channel-surfing. That's because for most us, Monday is not of any significance. We don't have classes on Mondays.

I remember the good old days when routinary weeks were normal, when I would wake up knowing exactly what I was going to wear, where exactly I was going. Mondays were special. It would usually be the day when I'm loaded with classes, hence, it's the day when I wake up earlier than usual, when I choose to wear that special blouse paired off with those special pair of pants and socks, capped off (hmmm... a bit ironic) with my recently cleaned pair of shoes. I would wear my favorite brand of cologne on that day, and spend a little more time in front of the mirror instead of the usual two-minute hairbrushing technique that I find handy.

Ah, but those days are long gone, buried in the depths of my social history books. Because it's Monday, high noon, and all I'm wearing are my ever comfortable house clothes and ehermm... I haven't even taken a bath yet.

Sigh, the week will never be the same. Until maybe when I finally get used to this new scheme, or when Mondays are back to where they're supposed to be... the start of the week!