The Monday Morning Hangover

The alarm rang at the top of its tone, and I had to shut it up to come out of my sweet dream. It was the "wake-up call" to which I don't think many would like to reply. Reluctant to get out of bed, I could see it was 5.50AM by the clock. My weekly alarm setting schedule is somewhat peculiar- 5.50AM for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays while 5.55AM for Tuesdays and Thursdays. And the simple reason behind this abnormality is the fact that, on those three days, I need to shave off the unnecessary growth of hair that comes up on my face, and ensure that I look decent, fresh and fine when I am in my 'artificial corporate outfit'. For the rest two days, I am good to go and thus, get to grab five precious minutes of sleep- kind of a 'mental advantage'.

However and whatever, any morning alarm can't be as harsh and painful as that of a Monday morning. The Monday morning alarm seems so jealous and mean that it can't even afford to see me lying down. I get thoughts like- "Why is it not a Tuesday morning after the lovely Sunday night?" or "Why can't the Sunday night be a bit longer?" Call it a mania, tag it as a phobia. But I am pretty sure that I am not the only victim of this Monday morning hangover, and that there are many who feel as idle as me. And probably to back it up, Sandy Cooley once said, "The best cure for insomnia is a Monday morning".

On the hindsight, a Monday morning instills the required zeal to take up new ventures, rejuvenates one to lift up pending issues and lets one to focus on the new week ahead. Sunday might be the first day of the week, but Monday in a way kicks off and pushes things in order to ensure that we don't repent or end up paying heavy prices for not jigging them. It takes a while to shred off that sloth in me, ward off the laziness and get myself tuned on a Monday morning. Once that happens, rest of the mornings in that week seem pretty wonderful. Still, to be very honest, the Monday morning alarm takes a heavy toll on me and I always feel like stretching my sleep for a few seconds........