Not long ago our thirteen year old grandson came through the door, dropped his school bag on the sofa and proclaimed, “I hate Mondays. I am too tired to be any good at anything I try to do.”

Being the kind of fix-it grandma that I am, I asked, “Didn’t you sleep well last night?”

“Yeah, but Mondays make me tired. If only we started the week on Tuesdays.” he complained with a mournful look and the unspoken message, “I’d do fine.”

I totally understand where he is coming from. I think we should start the year with spring while we are at it.

But seriously, Mondays have more than their fair share of problems.
Statistics reveal more heart attacks occur on Monday mornings than any other day of the week,
And, not surprisingly, heart attacks claim its greatest number of fatalities on Mondays as well,
Continuing on a morbid note, Wikipedia reports more people commit suicide on Mondays,
Dr. Kelman, medical director of the Headache Center of Atlanta and member of the American Headache Society reports children are more likely to have a migraine on Monday mornings. “No scientific reason has been established but presumably it’s [associated with] the stress of returning to school on Monday after a weekend off.” You think?
Along those same lines, Monday is also, by some reports, to be the day employees most frequently call in sick.

The Mamas and the Papas knew it all along,

Every other day, every other day,
Every other day of the week is fine, yeah
But whenever Monday comes, but whenever Monday comes
You can find me cryin‘ all of the time.

I could tell my grandson what they said, but then I would have to explain who the Mamas and the Papas were and what can I say, “It’s a Monday”.