Yes, I am well aware today is not Friday. It is Sunday. In fact, by the time I post this, it will likely be Monday. The point is, this is about Friday. Normally, I am loathe to embed videos in posts, but I’m making an exception this time. The song (Mandy Kane’s Stupid Friday) got stuck in my head while I was pondering this all, and it’s one of my favourites, so there it is.
But I digress. To the point:
I lost Friday.
No, I didn’t lose on Friday. I lost the day itself. I’ve no idea what happened to it. Let me fill you in on the particulars.
Thursday night, I was up late as usual. I knew I had class the next day, but only in the morning. I originally intended to get to bed early, but that never happens. Nonetheless, I eventually get to sleep.
Cue the next morning. Well, nearly noon. I slept in – also as usual. Being barely conscious, all I remembered was that it’s a weekday, and I can at least make it to my afternoon class (I hadn’t recalled at that point that Friday afternoons, there is no class (worth going to)). Anyway, I get up and rush about getting ready. Say hi to my father in the kitchen, quickly brew a coffee, take that first sip, and… wait, shouldn’t dad be at work? I, of course, didn’t ask this; merely continued turning things over in my head. Perhaps they knocked off early. Well, I’ll just check my phone… Saturday? That’s not right – my phone is playing up again. Let’s go look at my laptop… still Saturday?! Alright, alright, somebody’s changed all my settings to mess with me. But they can’t change the calendar on the wall! I’m certain it’s the 4th, so… um, Saturday.
What the hell.
I didn’t say anything to anyone, merely spent the rest of the day – well, weekend, really – in a state of quiet confusion. The way I see it, there are two possible explanations.
1: I slept through Friday. Unlikely, because somebody would have mentioned it, I hope.
2: I’ve been confused about the days since Monday or Tuesday. This seems like a more reasonable explanation, but still has some flaws in it. For example, I had an appointment in town on Wednesday afternoon. I checked in at the counter, as I usually do, and they never said I was there on the wrong day – if I was confused as to the days, I wouldn’t be on the list, would I? However, on Thursday, I do recall the crowd in the afternoon class being somewhat thinner than usual. If this was really Friday, that would make sense (very few of us actually attend that class). Yet nobody mentioned it. So, perhaps I have lost Thursday without realising it, and instead believe that it was Friday I lost.
So I’ve been trying to figure out just where I went wrong; it’s been tormenting me for a couple of days now, and I still don’t have an answer. I don’t think I will find the answer. All I can do is accept that that day is gone, and I didn’t even notice.
Well, looks like I’m posting this before midnight, so it’s still Sunday.
I think.
