Here it is, Tuesday, the second day of the week. It is the day when, after surviving Monday and catching up after the weekend, all the you-know-what hits the proverbial fan. It seems people are often too busy to bother on Monday what they end up doing on Tuesday. The phone always seems busier on Tuesdays. People are just too busy on Monday with their own "stuff" to deal with other people's "stuff". I know this to be true because it always seems to happen when the shininess of Monday wears off and reality sets in....on Tuesday.
And yet the worst is when Monday comes on Tuesday. You know what I mean. Its when there is a Monday holiday. Then your Tuesday becomes your Monday and it is still Tuesday and people rarely put off what needs to be done on Monday and Tuesday until Wednesday. If they do, well, it just snowballs and more often than not, end up calling in sick on Thursday. Of course that makes no sense with Friday lurking just around the corner. It is always better to call in on Friday and make it a long week-end. But I digress.
Tuesday is "derived from Old English Tiwesdæg and Middle English Tewesday. This was a loan translation of Latin dies Martis, originally associating the day with the planet Mars. The Germanic name translates Mars, the god of war, as Teiwaz (Old English Tiw)*." So that explains it! Anything associated with the god of war can only manifest conflict and disharmony. No wonder it can be such a tough day!
So there you have it. Tuesday's are to be survived hopefully with very little emotional scars or actually physical injury. But the funny thing is, I like Tuesdays generally. It is definitely one of the underappreciated days of the week and, as you might suspect, I always root for the underdog.
Happy Tuesday!
*according to Wikipedia
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