It’s strange – I’ve been retired now for more than a decade but I still feel the “Thank God it’s Friday” feeling. I think because I allow myself not to work out on the weekends and just be lazy. I also don’t go shopping or to the beach or do anything the masses normally do on weekends. I stay home. Of course NOW I am staying home EVERY DAY and a trip to the grocery store is the highlight of the week. But I guess it’s the same for everyone.
When you retire, every day is the same as every other day. You take it one day at a time and relish the freedom you have to do what you want to do. Who cares if it is Monday or Friday…unless you have an appointment on Monday or Friday.
When my wife was working, and when my grandkids were living downstairs from us, I knew when it was TGIF. Being retired, it didn’t matter much to me but to them …
Back I’m December, with our weekly card group, a couple of the others were discussing holidays off. I turned to my wife and said, “oh yeah, we get an extra day off next year! 366 days instead of 365!”I may have irritated a person or two with that remark!I do love retirement!
Sundays and Wednesdays for church (online these days), Monday, Thursday and Saturday for trash, so the only days I get mixed up are Tuesday and Friday.
“I Don’t Like Mondays” was a great song performed by the Boomtown Rats and written by Bob Geldof in 1979. It went to #1 on many charts throughout the world. That was back when popular music was good.
I was forced into retirement, December 2016. And since then, most of the time I don’t know what day it is. Now I have reminders on my iPad, to left me know.
enigmamz over 4 years ago
It was a lot easier to keep track before the lockdown, too.
sirbadger over 4 years ago
I can tell when it’s Sunday, because comic strips get bigger.
Concretionist over 4 years ago
Friday the thirteenth this month was on Monday.
wiatr over 4 years ago
I can tell you what the date is but I’m not always sure of the day of the week.
stellanova87 over 4 years ago
Sometimes I actually have to consult my phone to remember what day it is.
Zykoic over 4 years ago
I ask Siri ‘who am I and where am I?’ She’s good but she doesn’t seem too concerned. I may need a software upgrade or perhaps a new app.
Sanspareil over 4 years ago
It might have been a Ruby Tuesday or a Sheffield Wednesday! Only the Shadow knows!
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 4 years ago
My mother-in-law is no longer sure of the day. Small strokes can make big differences.
jmworacle over 4 years ago
I feel the same way at times.
iggyman over 4 years ago
Me too, Earl! The older you get, the faster the weeks go by!
noktar Premium Member over 4 years ago
Don’t date with dates
Breadboard over 4 years ago
Earl you are making the rest of us retired folks look bad ! I bet you know what day is payday ;-)
jagedlo over 4 years ago
I’ll bet Opal doesn’t have that problem (yet!)…
cubswin2016 over 4 years ago
I wonder if Earl was always scatterbrained.
dlkrueger33 over 4 years ago
It’s strange – I’ve been retired now for more than a decade but I still feel the “Thank God it’s Friday” feeling. I think because I allow myself not to work out on the weekends and just be lazy. I also don’t go shopping or to the beach or do anything the masses normally do on weekends. I stay home. Of course NOW I am staying home EVERY DAY and a trip to the grocery store is the highlight of the week. But I guess it’s the same for everyone.
ajr58 over 4 years ago
Substitute “working from home,” and that’s my life
david_42 over 4 years ago
I generally don’t have a problem with the day of the week, but since my wife went to a four-day work week, she gets confused occasionally.
sarahbowl1 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Time slips by me too! Retirement does that to you!
witten.homer175 over 4 years ago
Or the year.
6foot6 over 4 years ago
I have never hated mondays, But I have always dreaded wednesday. It just seems like the longest day of the week.
gabrielrdgz over 4 years ago
Substitute “Retired” for “CoVid-19 Social Distancing” in the strip and it makes perfect sense now!
billycnj over 4 years ago
my mother would say it’s friday but it feels like saturday
DaveQuinn over 4 years ago
When you retire, every day is the same as every other day. You take it one day at a time and relish the freedom you have to do what you want to do. Who cares if it is Monday or Friday…unless you have an appointment on Monday or Friday.
well-i-never over 4 years ago
I expect close to 300 upvotes on this one before the day is over!
rickmac1937 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Remember everyday is Saturday when you retire.
Neeeol over 4 years ago
In retirement, the days of the week, Monday, Tuesday, etc., will be known as “Day”.
verticallychallenged Premium Member over 4 years ago
To quote the Dowager Countess of Grantham, “What is this week end?”
Linguist over 4 years ago
When my wife was working, and when my grandkids were living downstairs from us, I knew when it was TGIF. Being retired, it didn’t matter much to me but to them …
ascha35-gocomics over 4 years ago
There is no such thing as time. Only events.
finzleftright over 4 years ago
Back I’m December, with our weekly card group, a couple of the others were discussing holidays off. I turned to my wife and said, “oh yeah, we get an extra day off next year! 366 days instead of 365!”I may have irritated a person or two with that remark!I do love retirement!
donwestonmysteries over 4 years ago
One day runs into another. My wife keeps asking me what day it is. I go to my pill box to find out. Then I try to remember if I took my pills yet.
KEA over 4 years ago
I just assume it’s Friday until shown differently
Jan C over 4 years ago
Sundays and Wednesdays for church (online these days), Monday, Thursday and Saturday for trash, so the only days I get mixed up are Tuesday and Friday.
zeexenon over 4 years ago
This morning, trying to awaken, I was sure it was Sunday. Again my subconscious rushing for Flattening The Curve.
Bill The Nuke over 4 years ago
Uh, what year is it?
kodipepper over 4 years ago
This could be me talking. Especially since the stay-at-home, so we can’t go to church on Sundays.
trixnnort over 4 years ago
retirement is hard: no days off, no holidays, no vacation days, no sick days, no break times, etc, etc.
swanridge over 4 years ago
“I Don’t Like Mondays” was a great song performed by the Boomtown Rats and written by Bob Geldof in 1979. It went to #1 on many charts throughout the world. That was back when popular music was good.
Jaime Jean M over 4 years ago
I can relate, and I’m still at work. Looks like retirement is a lot like being quarantined.
pbr50138 over 4 years ago
I was forced into retirement, December 2016. And since then, most of the time I don’t know what day it is. Now I have reminders on my iPad, to left me know.
IronMan_CC over 4 years ago
Retirement, Stay-At-Home Order, Quarantine; same difference…. ;-)