I think the reason it is either loved or hated is because it is a day of transition. A day of change. A day to get up early and pick up the pace. I know for me, it is time to clean up from all the weekend adventures, restore order, and pick up the slack of last week. That's a tall order, for one day! But the results are so worth it. By getting things back on track today, I will have the rest of the week to live normally and focus on projects. It will give a sense of peace to the entire week. I know from experience that if I put off restoring order, then the whole week will be an unproductive mess. I will feel presumed upon by any little thing that goes wrong. The kids will be crabby and behave in a spoiled brat manner. My husband will feel unloved, and like he is the only one who ever does any work. I hate those moods in this house, especially in me!
So, if you are like me, and really need to use Monday to get back into the swing of thing, what are you going to do today? What do you know to do?
I know to grab my box of cards, organize them by what is most needed and to make a short list of other things that need to be done today. I know to keep a good attitude, and not expect the kids to share it. I know to be realistic about what I can accomplish in a day and to leave room for interruptions. I also know to take time for some fun. *Ahem* Make that schedule some fun into the day. If it is not on my list, it is unlikely that it will happen today, because I tend to be either project or people focused. Rarely both.
Remember, do what you know first. Get it out of the way, and then, the rest will be easy.
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If you are one of the many that hate Monday, but you have no clue why, take some time today to write down everything you dislike about the day. No, I mean Everything! I don't care if it is a little bother or a big 'I want to scream at it' moment.
When you have a list, look it over and ask yourself how you could either avoid those situations or make them easier to handle.
I ran into this type of situation yesterday morning. We were getting ready for church, and one child comes out of his room wearing his only clean pair of jeans. They had holes in the knees, big enough for a semi truck to drive through, and holes in the butt too. Let's just say, I was not happy. I know that he had had clean, hole free jeans just two days before. I had washed, dried, folded and put them aways myself! So where were they?
In the hamper.
Why?
Because he had decided to play in the mud with them, and when they got wet, he changed and hid them in the hamper. Grrrrrrrrr!
So what am I going to do about it? (Since this is not the first time we have found out the kids clean clothes were not available on Sunday morning?) I am going to hang a pair of hole free jeans in the closet, just for Sunday! Friday is the day I am going to make sure each child has a pair of hole free jeans ready and waiting, because that gives two days to correct it, if there are not. I am also going to use this for anytime we are planning a day trip somewhere.
Don't get me wrong. I love kids in play clothes, but they are not needed in airports and sporting goods shops.
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