Things that Happen on Mondays.

A day in the life of a contractor.

1. Your kids are on Easter break, but you go to work anyway, at the tail end of an upper respiratory thing.  You would rather take the day off.
2. You are trying to get started on a big job for a friend, which you have been pushing back because other things keep coming up.  You are finally on the job.
3. You are finishing up a small roof which needed new shingles.  You are on top of a step ladder, the wind blowing at 45mph gusts. (o.k., so this is a slight exaggeration.)
4. You see that you have missed a call from an old customer.  This particular customer always needs everything done ASAP.  Your wife volunteers to handle the customer.
5. You commit to helping a different customer install a door, not because they make demands, but because they are good friends of yours.  This will take a day out of the week, off the job of the previous friend.
6. You get another call from an old customer.  This particular customer also needs everything done ASAP, wants to know exactly when that ASAP will be, and also wants to know about what it will cost while talking on the phone.  You commit to do the 2 hour job next Monday.
7. You get a call from a family member who is concerned about another family member's health.
8. You found out last night that of the two medications you have been taking for the past 6 months, one has not produced the intended results.  This doesn't do anything to improve your mood.
9. You get a call from your wife telling you your son bopped his right elbow.  She is debating about whether to take him to the doctor.  This is the son who aspires to be a (right-handed) pitcher.

Finally, it's noon. You say to yourself, "Well, at least I'm needed."