Steve Hauschildt, "Sundialed"
If you woke up this morning with a vague sense of relief and anticipation because you believed it was finally Friday and soon all the cares of the week would be kept, however briefly, at bay, only to crumple under the weight of descending darkness on the realization that you were mistaken and it was in fact Thursday and you still had two more days of your horrible, corrosive non-weekend life to suffer through, I want to tell you that you are not alone. There are thousands of us just like you moving about this world, heads down and voices stilled, just hoping to make it through the next two days without bursting into tears on public transportation or doing something drastic out of frustration with whatever conversation we find thrust upon us during the terrible quotidian nightmare a succession of poor choices and inertia have caused our lives to become. Listen: It’s two more days. The sun will shine. The time will pass. You’ll make it, I promise. Close your eyes, take a deep breath, remind yourself that nothing matters, and keep pushing forward. You don’t even have to push very hard, just keep pushing. The other options are somehow actually less pleasant than the agony you currently endure, difficult though that may be to believe. Perhaps this song will help, so do try to enjoy.