...every other day of the week is fine...

You know you're on your way to a stellar day when the first thing that happens at work upon arrival and turning your PC on is to discover your monitor screen has turned a brilliant green hue. You self-diagnose the issue, in your own intelligent opinion, to be a monitor on its very last leg. The screen looks like it's almost moving, and you can feel yourself on the verge of a blinding headache from the contrast of what a high 32-bit screen is supposed to look like vs what it looks like now. Proud of yourself for at least diagnosing the problem, you call the IT department to open a trouble ticket, and you wonder how long it's going to take for a replacement, hoping the blasting headache that is on the forefront stays at bay. To your surprise, the IT guy is at your desk in record time, only to fiddle with the connecting cable at the back of the monitor. He tightens it in 10 seconds flat, and voila, your 32-bit high colours are brilliant once more. You're a little red in the face, but he agrees to simply close the ticket with a standard, "t-shot, problem resolved on site"...yet, you know inside he's shaking his head, thinking about your ineptness when it comes to the inner (or in this case, outer) workings of a PC.

The morning passes rather slowly. You decide to break up the day by inviting your c0-worker, who just happens to be running on the same schedule as you, to lunch at a nearby restaurant. You slip your key in the ignition, put the car into reverse only to have her receive a text about a sick child, and you lose your lunchmate to a necessary parental moment. Opting to avoid the dining solo at the restaurant feeling (and ultimately realizing enough time has passed now that it would be futile to sit, wait, order, wait & eat whilst dining solo, anyway), you opt to go to a nearby coffee & bagel store for a quick drive-thru. They're out of your favourite bagel. They give you chili instead of soup. You open your tea to discover it's green and not peppermint (and then for a moment can't even remember which one you actually ordered).

You have a minor power struggle with a co-worker, and ultimately decide to be the bigger person and bow down to let him win (even though deep down inside you really, really wanted to keep it going and prove yourself to be the more deserving winner)...and your day is now only half over.

On break you view your online banking site and realize the silver lining in missing out on your lunch date is the money saved in not going. You are now again into overdraft and payday is many long days away.

Welcome to my Monday.

I completely blame the full moon that we're embarking upon and since it's not officially here until tomorrow, am a bit frightened about what the rest of the week will bring. On the other side, it's a short week....now that's something to smile about ;). Hope your Monday was smile-worthy! :)