I hate Mondays. Always have. Always will. Nothing good ever comes of them. They mark the beginning of a five day uphill struggle until the next two day window of life affirming pleasure and relaxation.
This morning, I attempted to lift the mood in our house as my son began to complain about the all round gloominess of Mondays. I explained that we all feel the same. It's a universal truth. Mondays suck. (I actually loathe that word, but it does do justice to the M day). However, I pointed out that we need contrasts in life. Without the dread of Mondays, the joy of Friday nights would be nowhere near as thrilling.
So, after my little pep talk, my son walked into school with a spring in his step. I, on the other hand, felt unsettled and on a quest to find as many reasons to break from my usual routine as humanly possible.
I loitered around the supermarket during my weekly shop, closely scrutinising the deals to be had and questioning whether or not I need to be buying Easter eggs just yet and spending way too long inexplicably considering Dragon fruit and clearance SIM cards.
Back home with shopping unpacked, I decided to start work. Well, I say work, but first I had to visit the BBC News webpage to see whether the world is still turning. Oh and then I had to look at my Facebook and Twitter accounts and have the obligatory look at Right Move to check (again) whether my dream house - within budget - was on the market somewhere on the coast of North Devon.
I then decided I needed to be more comfortable to work. I changed into some cotton jogging bottoms. Jogging bottoms are working-from-home attire you understand and never see the light of day unless of course I am actually jogging. I put on my bright pink jogging bottoms, which then channelled my thoughts towards pink skinny jeans, more specifically, the rather cool pastel pink leopard print pair I saw in the Sunday Times Style supplement at the weekend. I began a preliminary Google search, convincing myself that this could also qualify as research for a fashion blog. (I use this justification with disturbing frequency. If I don't limit myself to blogging on a specific topic, then the world's my oyster. Anything goes. I can surf the internet to my heart's content, all in the name of research).
And then reality hit. I may be slim and I may love fashion, but I am also nearly 40. More to the point, I am simply indulging myself in cyberspace because I would rather my mind was anywhere but here, in the present moment on this cold and grey March Monday morning.
Reluctantly, I opened my blog and then once again allowed myself to become distracted by messing around with the design for a while before reverting to the original settings after all. I then began in earnest and here's the result.
Oh, is it that time already? I fancy a bacon sandwich. Anon!
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