After All, It Is Monday (standard:humor, 905 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Jul 20 2019	Views/Reads: 1368/1024	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Even God ended his work and rested one day during the week. He is my example.

I do not consider myself lazy. I think of myself as an Energy
Conservative. I am saving my energy for sometime down the road when I 
may need it, and who knows when. 

This, however, is not the opinion of the Gracious Mistress of the
Parsonage. If there is a lazy bone in her, it has sprouted wings and 
flown away a long time ago. She works hard, which I do not mind, except 
she expects me to keep up with her. 

I enjoy slouching around, busily engaged in doing nothing. I have become
an expert in this, which has become more than a hobby with me. 

Occasionally my wife will say, “What are you doing right now?” 

To which I answer, “Nothing.” 

Her response is, “I thought so. Could you come and help me now?” 

I guess everybody has their own definition of “nothing.” To be sure, my
wife's definition is not the same as mine. At this point, I am not 
quite sure who has the right definition. 

Some people have the idea that if you are doing nothing, you are being
lazy. I like to contradict that. Nothing and lazy are two different 
things. Don't ask me the difference because I'm not quite sure I could 
explain the difference, I'm just too lazy. 

The best day of the week for me to be lazy is Monday. Weekends are
always busy with church work and such that Monday is a wonderful time 
to chill out and unwind. Over the years, I have become an expert in 
this weekend recovery exercise. 

I guess everybody is lazy to some degree. Again, it depends on your
definition of lazy. Everybody needs an opportunity to relax a little 
and get ready for the next activity. 

The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage has a different idea about this.
If you are up and it is daylight, you have to be working and doing 
something. “You can sleep tonight when you go to bed,” is one of her 
famous sayings. 

There are times when I wish I were living in Alaska, where they have
about 67 days of night. Can you imagine sleeping for 67 days and 
actually doing nothing? 

My wife would like the other time of the year in Alaska, where they have
sunlight 24 hours a day. 

A person should regulate his life and not be overwhelmed with anything,
particularly work activity. 

I'm not against work at all. I just do not want my work to interfere
with those lazy moments so predominant in my life. I schedule my work 
around my laziness as much as possible. 

After all, what is wrong with being lazy? I know, as my wife has
reminded me, that there is work that must be done. Yet, there are times 
when we need to live above our work schedule. Or, maybe live below it, 
I'm not sure. 

I try to take Monday's off and schedule nothing that day. I'm not always
successful, I will admit. But it is not because I do not try. 

We had come through six or seven weeks of work every day. Just when I
wanted to take a day off something came up and I had a cancel my day 
off and focus on the work before me. 

It was a Thursday afternoon and I came into the house, sat down in my
chair and in a few moments found myself sleeping. Actually, my wife 
found me sleeping. 

“You're not sleeping?” she asked. 

It startled me and I woke up and saw her there and gently said, “No, my
dear. I was praying for you and the kids and the grandkids.” 


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