Is it just me, or are Sundays the worst day of the week? They just do not feel like a proper day off for me.

The problem is that I like a lie-in on the weekend. I like to remain in my bed until at least lunchtime, and ideally be fast asleep until I wake up naturally. There’s nothing to stop me doing that on a Sunday either, it is after all a weekend, a day off.

Oh wait, there is one problem; I’m mental.

I could lie there for hours if I wanted to, but my brain will make me worry that if I sleep for too long, I will not sleep at all that night resulting in the following day at work being a painful slog in that half-awake way a bout of insomnia surely guarantees.

I’ve done it before. Many times. Eight hour shifts on fifteen minutes sleep. I’ve even enjoyed them; it gets to about 11am and I find my mind and body have stopped rebelling against the lack of sleep, and are supporting me on a floating cloud of semi-conscious existence. 

I don’t like it though.

I think the ideal solution is to let me have Mondays off as well. That way I can sleep for as long as I want on Sundays, without worrying that the following day will be spent feeling rotten due to a lack of sleep, because then if I haven’t slept on Sunday night, I can sleep on Monday night. It’s a plan with no drawbacks.