That's what Giacomo Leopardi realised too, but his philosophy is less known than his works.
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The opposite of this happened for me on Saturday. I thought I turned my 7am alarm off... until I woke up with a start and confusion. Although I was glad I didn't have to go anywhere, I couldn't go back to sleep.... so I napped in the afternoon, which was good stuff.
haha. I woke up one day at 8 (pm) on the couch. it was still light out so I figured I had overslept.
called my boss in a panic, he no pick up.
txted him saying I'd be in soon as I could (45 min commute).
10 mins later I was more awake and realized my mistake I said 'nm I'll see you tomorrow'.
in my defense I was looking at an analog clock on the wall.
next day he said in the break room 'oh someone went by the coffeeshop after work yesterday'
yeh I didn't hear the end of that one for months
But what about the day off you learn about early enough to go back to bed? Snow days, forgotten/misremembered holidays, power outage at work, etc
I don't get those 😥
Those are the sweetest days. It's like you won a free day off.
I remember calling the snow line for CFB Halifax. I swear whoever does the recording on potential snow days pauses for like twenty seconds between 'base facilities are' and 'closed' or 'open'.
"I don't have to do shit tomorrow" is where it's at.
Why you gotta post this as I'm getting ready for work on Monday =/
laughs in service industry
Monday is my Friday!
Muahahahaha
So true. It's also my "friday" 🎉
Waking up after Friday plans feels so good because you have a whole weekend after your weekend!
Snuggitor
Then there's nothing worse than the night of the day off, knowing you're back in tomorrow 😩
Teachers call this Sunday Scaries.
That's a new one to me, but what if you've had the Monday off too? Monday Moans? Tuesday Terrors? Wednesday... Im stuck on Wednesday 🤔
I’ve heard Wacky Wednesday much like the book.
Wednesday woes
Wednesday whinings
That'll do, thatll do indeed
Thursday throwup?
It’s not like they are the only ones who work on Monday 🤷
No shit Sherlock
I mean yeah, a day off from work is not a day off from chores... But those are a futur me problem :^)
Cause you have the night off.
Man nothing like it. Staying up as long as I can is my favorite pastime.
Yeah I love staying up all night and into the morning. Then I sleep all day and wake up in the lte evening, when I’m supposed to be going to sleep for work the next day, and then everything sucks.
Depends on how tiring the day was
Even getting back late from a business trip, the first night (or whatevers hours are left) are the best part
I'm happy to be at home and I'm finished for the day
The days afterwards can even be kinda work free (only doing minor things like accounting and stupid shit like that), but if the stress falls away, I'm usually getting sick and the body demands it's time to recover
First night though is one of celebration
I'm talking tiring physically, doing manual labour and such in addition to just being tired tired. Don't get to enjoy the first night much if it is lights out once you get home
My business trips aren't that fancy
I am physically exhausted after spending some weeks, practically without a free day, in a fucking warehouse
I'm always just so happy to be home again and have all the stuff I've wanted to do, that I dreamed up during suffering on site.
But I'm too exhausted to actually do anything...
Still, the first night is always the best
Came home last time, after working with a fever/flu again, and just wanted to drop dead.
But the euphoria of being home again keeps me going for the first night.
Which pretty much means, I'll have a few beers and talk with my wife.
Can't do anything reasonable, but I really enjoy those few hours
I work nights...