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Monday, January 19, 2009
Blue monday
British psychologist Dr Cliff Arnall figured out that the third monday of the year is the most depressing day. Christmas overspending resulting into debts, bad weather (how true today, it's been raining all day, grey grey grey), finding out that you can not keep your New Year's Resolutions, coping with going back to work after the holidays: all that amounts to people getting depressed on the third monday of the year. Which is today!
Fortunately, if you felt (or feel) a depression coming on today, help is at hand at Beatbluemonday.
Just having read an article about this in the local newspaper made me realise why things went wrong today.
I had to go and buy catfood. Our cats are gourmets; they will only eat a special brand of catfood, only sold by Albert Heijn, a supermarketchain. Not that we haven't tried to feed them all kinds of catfood, so that we would not have this problem. But no....they have decided that they like this one best and they will not touch other brands anymore. Fortunately they don't have an expensive taste. Every cloud has a silver lining.
So....I had to go to Albert Heijn, in another village about 6 kilometers (4 miles) from our home, for this AH-catfood and I decided to do the practical thing and do the weekly shopping at the same time. Determined to stick to it I made a shopping list.
With temptation lurking around every corner and only CATFOOD and healthy and low fat peoplefood on my list I knew I had to be strong! Pure willpower and concentration resulted in a shopping kart without chocolate, cookies and crisps.
Very pleased with myself I drove home again and unloaded the two crates of healthy stuff to last us the whole week.
And then I discovered what I had forgotten.
Yes, you have guessed it.
I did not buy the catfood!
And we only had one tiny tin of catfood left. And we have five cats. Not enough catfood! I had to drive all the way back to the shop again. Turned out to be expensive catfood after all.
Fortunately it's Blue Monday. I know it doesn't make sense, although I did feel depressed when I discovered that I had to go back to the supermarket, but it's a good enough excuse for me. Beats suffering from a minor case of Alzheimer's yeah?
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That's a great explanation about the theory behind Blue Monday!
ReplyDeleteI heard the radio explaining Blue Monday at 6.30am this morning, and wondered if I should go back to bed! Actually, it turned into quite a good day, what with the Museum lady in the morning, and artistic friend to talk arty-crafty stuff with in the afternoon...and of course, visiting in Blogland here and there along the way. Loved your cat food post! xxx
ReplyDeleteI believe that every monday is blue monday dear Carolina and now that I quited smoking its blue thuesday, wednesday, thursday and friday even saterday & sunday. But at the end of the tunnel there is a rainbow or something like that (don't forget it's blue monday).
ReplyDeleteP.s. did you get any soccer cards at the AH, please save them for me!:-)
With kind regards,
Burt from holland
Dear Burt, I'm not quite sure who you are, but I believe AH was kind enough to give me soccer cards. Are they in the silver envelopes? I will save them for you.
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Great Explanation of Blue Monday. Although, I think I am blue every Monday all year long.
ReplyDeleteI had to laugh at you forgetting the cat food, only because that is something I do myself, quite often. :)
I dearly love cats, and have had one in my house every year of my life (until I married MY WIFE, who is allergic to animal dander) but I always kept a tin of jack mackerel in the cupboard and told the kitties they'd have to wait a day for something better.
ReplyDelete(Actually, my cats all adored jack mackerel more than most tinned foods, so it wasn't like I mistreated them...)