Monday, Monday

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ninadepalma

annagiuliam LOL, I live half an hour from Mobile, right at the other side of the bay.
Next time come with her and we can meet!
It's also a very beautiful area to visit and to live in, wonderful beaches and nice local food!

Hah, great coincidence! I grew up in NJ and have lived in a few states in the area, and I have to say -- no one up here thinks of Alabama as having a coast Seems like it's pretty nice, though! (The beach, I mean. How's the rest of the state?)

I actually would like to visit my sister's in-laws someday. That's a part of the country I have yet to see!

eleonorang

@annagiuliam ninadepalma Just popping up to say it warms my heart to see 'Mobile' is mentioned, I'm currently reading To Kill a Mockingbird

annagiuliam summer has already arrived in South Alabama so I'm starting my week very positively with a sunny sensation on my skin

I'm really looking forward to next weekend as it seems we're going to touch 20 °C / 68 °F in Apulia Which is crazy because it was snowing yesterday

annagiuliam

ninadepalma no one up here thinks of Alabama as having a coast Seems like it's pretty nice, though! (The beach, I mean. How's the rest of the state?)

Yes, Alabama has a very small coastal part, but beaches are wonderful and comparable to Florida. Let's say this area is a well kept secret, although there are more and more people retiring here (and for a young couple it can be frustrating sometimes).
The rest of the state is pretty rural, we actually haven't visited much of it except Birmingham, which seems a quite lively city.

Actually New Orleans is much closer for us, so when we want a party weekend we just head there.

annagiuliam

eleonorang

eleonorang it warms my heart to see 'Mobile'

Mobile, the place to be!

eleonorang touch 20 °C / 68 °F in Apulia

I have family in Apulia (Bari, don't you live there?) and they're freaking out because of the cold snap, hopefully, it's going to be over soon!

ninagruenewald

eleonorang I'm really looking forward to next weekend as it seems we're going to touch 20 °C / 68 °F in Apulia Which is crazy because it was snowing yesterday

Oh wow! What a change it weather! Haha. I hope you will have that wonderful weather they promise you!!

eleonorang

So how is your Monday going?
Results of the general elections in Italy came in during the night (dreadful situation), so I'll let you imagine the mood we started the week in...
I've been spending my afternoon in denial catching up on the Oscar ceremony...

annagiuliam I have family in Apulia (Bari, don't you live there?) and they're freaking out because of the cold snap, hopefully, it's going to be over soon!

Yes, I do actually Luckily it lasted only a couple of days. It was so weird because the day it snowed I went to buy bread and exchanged complaints with the shop owner about the cold, and two days after that, here we are again, I with a light coat and he with a t-shirt on...

ninagruenewald I hope you will have that wonderful weather they promise you!!

We had two marvelous sunny hours on Sunday, I was on the beach meditating and doing yoga with friends, and the sun was so warm! It really was a bliss! Unfortunately, the clouds and a cold wind ruined the weather again shortly after that

ninagruenewald

eleonorang The good memories of the weekend help

I love that!

ninagruenewald

ninadepalma

Haha, I am experiencing the same! My parents were here for 1 week, their first time in Australia and then my partner and I went to a wedding ... barely got anything done and so much stuff happens while you are gone! Haha. But it is so much fun coming back here! Sometimes I catch myself hanging out here and reading in forums and blog posts for 2 hours! Oh boy...

MaV

eleonorang Results of the general elections in Italy came in during the night (dreadful situation), so I'll let you imagine the mood we started the week in...

Dreadful indeed. Monday at this end was overshadowed by that as well.

I'm sending you all my Tuesday solidarity from Portugal!

ninadepalma

Wow, what a week for me. I finished a 22,000-word assignment yesterday and now have my life back! Happy, erm, Wednesday!

ninadepalma

Here we are, yet again. Have a good one, everybody!

eleonorang

ninadepalma It's my turn to post on a Wednesday It was my personal Monday after all, not because it was the first workday of the week, but rather because it was crazyyyy

MaV

It's been raining almost every day for over a month and I've just paid my (rather heavy and almost unbearable) taxes. I think I am as grumpy as I can possibly get.

Good thing there's TOM, where I can hear about better Mondays around the world! Please, let me know you're happy! With pictures of the sun, if you have them!

annagiuliam

Well, my Monday is not much better: here in the US it's not a holiday and I see all my friends in Italy posting pictures of the traditional barbecues we usually have on the Monday after Easter.
I guess I'll be better humored next Monday, when everybody is back at work

eleonorang

Looks like I've missed a couple of Mondays I've been away for my holiday in Mexico (WOW) and then I've skipped yesterday because of that Easter holiday @annagiuliam mentioned! (By the way, our barbecue was glorious!.... Don't kill me now Hope you get to have a barbecue of your own soon, Easter or not )
Today was actually my Monday and a tough one... after so many days on holiday, to start again is even worse...

annagiuliam

eleonorang Hope you get to have a barbecue of your own soon, Easter or not

Girl, I live in the land of BBQ!

Happy you had a great vacation! Have a nice start.

erikasbat

Actually, since I started to work with freelance translation, the days of the week kind of stopped making sense for me, and so did the Monday blues. But curiously I still get this kind of weird lazy-melancholic humour on Sundays that we call "domingueira" in Brazil. Maybe is a cultural thing we can't get rid of? =)

It's no longer Monday, but if I still can contribute to the cheering up (maybe in a preventive manner for next Monday?), I'll let one of the cool songs I like to listen while I work:

Great week for everybody!

eleonorang

erikasbat But curiously I still get this kind of weird lazy-melancholic humour on Sundays that we call "domingueira" in Brazil. Maybe is a cultural thing we can't get rid of?

Domingueira! Beautiful! That's basically like Sunday blues, right?
Thanks for posting that song, Erika

Dmitry

erikasbat Actually, since I started to work with freelance translation, the days of the week kind of stopped making sense for me, and so did the Monday blues

For me days of the week stopped existing after we had a baby, haha! So now, all days are pretty much the same with the same routine, which is actually a good thing. At least, there are almost now surprises

erikasbat

eleonorang I guess, but I'm not sure if it catches the feeling. You're welcome!