Yesterday, very early in the still dark morning, I woke up. The howling wind had woken me and I had an inward groan as I wondered just how long I had till I had to get out of my comfortable warm bed and face what was obviously a cold day. And then I remembered, it was Sunday. Sunday! I could stay in bed as long as I liked! It felt like my weekend had just grown an extra day.
It isn't often that this self trickery happens, but every time it does it feels like I've been magically granted an extra day's rest. All day yesterday I felt a little like it was a holiday. We had been busy and done nearly all the chores on Saturday, so I could laze, taking my time to work on the photos of our holiday, to catch up on some recorded TV viewing and we even went to the movies (Batman is very good).
Even today it feels like I had an extra long weekend. So yay for self delusion I say, it made a great weekend even better!
Do you often forget what day of the week it is?
I LOVE when that happens! A few weeks ago, I did this on a Saturday, and woke my boyfriend up in a panic yelling "WHY HASN'T YOUR ALARM GONE OFF?!" haha. He wasn't too please at being woken.
ReplyDeleteLast Thursday though, I woke up to my alarm thinking "why is that going off on a Saturday?" and then realising it wasn't and I had to get up for work :( That wasn't so pleasant!
Oh yeah a mid week panicked wake up when you realise it isn't the weekend is AWFUL! On the other hand, back in my high school days I used to regularly be up and in my uniform before I realised it was Saturday. That was bliss.
DeleteIsn't it just the best feeling when that happens? Sadly I have rather more of the opposite happen to me - wake up Monday, thinking it's Sunday. Such a downer.
ReplyDeleteYes, that is not good. I got confused for awhile when we changed our routine and kept thinking Thursday was Friday, that was very confusing and rather sad.
DeleteI love it when that happens :) It's not that frequent for me either (and usually it's a Saturday) - but oh, how good it is!
ReplyDeleteIt hasn't happened for ages Kari and I was so not wanting to get up to a cold, windy day the relief was enormous.
DeleteI think all the thoughts of weekends tipped me into thinking this morning (Tuesday) was Saturday. Oh, so horrible when it's that way around!!
DeleteOh no Kari! That is the worst.
DeleteI recently attended a week long meditation retreat in a remote part of Scotland. I was totally cut off from phones, computers, televisions and people, other than the group of 28 on the retreat. During that time we did a few periods of silence, including an extended period over a full day.
ReplyDeleteDespite the retreat only being seven days long, when I returned home it felt like Id been gone for months! I also seem to have developed the incredible ability to make a day last so long that it feels like more than one.
So, if you like the bonus day feeling I really recommend putting yourself in a situation where you can truly experience the time in a day, instead of filling it with clutter.
My goodness, I think I would explode with that much silence Kaitlyn!
DeleteRight now, I have no unearthly day/date/time it is at any given moment (time because theatre folk lead crazy night-focused lives). It's both very disorienting and quite liberating :P
ReplyDeleteAh but you are on holiday time. Day/date/time have no meaning in your dimension.
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