The unadulterated joy of a Friday afternoon is a pleasure that transcends cliche. The prospect of the weekend is invariably better than the weekend itself - those two days seem to stretch into the distance like Route 66 - loaded with potential and unfettered delights. As a boy I remember the special feeling of keeping my school uniform on, well into a Friday evening, safe in the knowledge that it no longer served it's purpose - on Friday afternoons the uniform was a redundant signifier, an ironic statement. Wonderfully, in our house the Cadbury's advertising slogan 'That Friday Feeling' (used in order to flog Crunchie bars) was taken literally, as Mum ensured there was always a crunchie bar to be devoured after Friday tea.
With the advent of adolescence, paper-rounds and part-time jobs, Friday's aura diminished somewhat; one uniform, one set of rules and responsibilities, would be swapped for another.
Taking the academic route that I did, meant that I was deprived of the return of 'that Friday feeling' for longer than most. I worked in a bookshop and the busiest day for any shop is a Saturday, so it was never optional - my Saturdays would never be free. That is, until now.
Working as a teacher means that not only do I have my weekends back, but I'm surrounded by hundreds of young adults who have no problem articulating (quite loudly, at times) the sense of anticipation and promise that a Friday brings. It's like a mini-Christmas Eve every week, and I love it!
2 years ago
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Monday...Tuesday...Wednesday... Thursday - Dancing on a Friday night!
My cleaning lady is similar to your colleagues, she loves to say 'nearly Friday!' when she sees me dragging my feet up the stairs to my room in the morning.
The problem is she says this on Monday and Tuesday! I first thought she was being funny; he he ha ha it's nowhere near Friday! Chortle!
She's not the shinyest pebble, i think actually she works on a loop of 'work sayings' that automatically play when movement is sensed.
'Morning miss'
'Watch the wet floor'
'Nearly Friday'
Bless her x
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