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Monday Morning Blues

I usually sing (or more like yell) “Oh what a beautiful morning!” in the car as I drive my kids to school on weekdays. My son rolls his eyes while my daughter, fortunately or unfortunately for her, stays dozed off in the backseat of the car.  Today, however, my children didn’t get any of mom’s singing; I was in an awfully sour mood.

I hardly had any sleep as I burned the midnight oil hoping to get a lot of work done to free up my load this week. I was still dreaming about my awesome weekend: ran 10k with Annie on Saturday then biked 11k/ ran 4k alone on Sunday and I could hardly believe it was Monday again.

My plan for this week was to run, run, and run while squeezing in a couple of swims for the upcoming triathlon this Sunday. If there’s extra time, I was also hoping to take a Bikram session and spend a day at the gym.  But, with the way things were going early this morning, I doubt if I’ll even have energy to keep my eyelids from falling the next few days. My deadlines are tight and I’ve got a lot of other tasks to accomplish while juggling the most demanding job of all: mommyhood. 

Ah, such is life. One just learns to roll with the punches, to give 100% at every task even when weary and spent, and to pray to the high heavens that—despite the lack of training and sleep—one will survive the triathlon that one was crazy enough to sign up for. Gulp.

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13 Responses to “Monday Morning Blues”

  1. monday is a curse heaped upon mankind.

    that is why there is no such thing as “thank god, it’s monday”.

    Thank God monday’s almost over!

    yah_00 said on Sep 08 08 at 12:48 PM Reply

  2. TBR,
    don’t push yourself too much…
    mere signing up is already a feat!!

    Lugs, thanks :)

    lugs said on Sep 08 08 at 1:19 PM Reply

  3. Maybe it’s better to be well rested for Sunday than to cram in those extra miles and laps this week? So take it easy, get 8 hours of sleep and everything will be alright on your first tri.

    I think people call that tapering hehe. It’s off to the gym tomorrow—not for a workout but our kids’ fieldtrip! Are you joining?

    DATC said on Sep 08 08 at 1:26 PM Reply

  4. I have the same feelings, not about the Monday blues but the “gulp” as you put it quite frankly, for the triathlon. The guy at the bike shop at the Fort, talked me into the sprint tri, can you believe it, I must be a sucker for punnishment. Let’s rest this week a bit and see what happen, we are going to roll of laughter at each other coming Sunday…

    I think it’s only right you signed up for the sprint. Mini would have been too easy for you. See you foreignrunner!

    Foreignrunner said on Sep 08 08 at 3:01 PM Reply

  5. Sigh. Don’t worry, it’s not only you who despises (well, a bit too harsh) Mondays. But for the past few weeks, those Mondays had mercy on me. No classes for me! But now, I am absent on the first Monday of my 2nd Quarter in Gr. 5 because I’m sick. Oh well, make sure to still find time for relaxing and enjoying. (More of relaxing since running is fun, right? :) )

    Aww, get well soon, cougcat!

    cougcat said on Sep 08 08 at 4:28 PM Reply

  6. hey no worries. :) you’ll get through it. dinner with the BWK lang ang katapat niyan :)

    Marga, our dinner was a great stress reliever! Banggggiiii, we missed you :(

    marga said on Sep 08 08 at 5:16 PM Reply

  7. Monday is start of a good week. Im sure you’ll do greaton race day. a typhoon is coming in so take it easy on the bike ride or you can do it indoors. but running in the rain is always the best. good luck

    Thanks Pat. I’m wishing the sun comes out so I can indulge in a swim. Crossing my fingers right now :)

    runningshield said on Sep 08 08 at 5:18 PM Reply

  8. the beauty of joining endurance sports is the pleasure of finishing it and never expecting to win at the top, so don’t pressure yourself and stay relaxed and rested days before your 1st tri. take this experience as your benchmark and learn from it. good luck and have fun!

    Thanks BR! I do hope I get my much needed rest before the big day.

    kingofpots said on Sep 08 08 at 9:55 PM Reply

  9. The silicon chip inside her head
    Gets switched to overload,
    And nobody’s gonna go to school today,
    She’s going to make them stay at home …

    (I Don’t Like Mondays, Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats)

    miraclecello said on Sep 09 08 at 7:17 AM Reply

  10. Rainy days and Mondays always get me…excited to run. If I can’t run I go shopping for running gear hahahaha!

    prometheuscometh said on Sep 09 08 at 9:41 PM Reply

  11. Not me, I’m always thankful for Mondays when the season is on. It’s my day off from athletics!:) Anyway mommyhood is also training for a triathlon don’t you know. Heck a triathlon is easy next to mommyhood, at least there’s only 3 events, a finish line and you only need to do it once in awhile.

    rick said on Sep 10 08 at 2:26 PM Reply

  12. hi, there a run on sunday, Run for Peace, do you have any idea about this? i heard its in Quirino grandstand, thanks

    Raynil said on Sep 18 08 at 2:13 PM Reply

  13. me again, correction mam, its saturday, 20 September 2008, Run for Peace, its in celebration of the National Consciousness week, i got a copy of the notice from Office of the External Affairs, Office of the Pres. inform ko lang po kyo.

    Raynil said on Sep 19 08 at 7:35 AM Reply

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