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I have been in school for the past 17 years of my life, and I cannot recall a single Monday morning where I have woken up and had thought, “Wow, Monday?! I love Mondays, and I can’t wait for class!” This is me, having a typical bad case of the Mondays.
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I had originally set my alarm for 6:30am, but of course I didn’t roll out of bed until about 7:30am. The SNOOZE button is just too tempting.
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I am NOT a morning person.
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After some self coaxing and effort, I managed to get myself ready.
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I live with 7 other girls, and we all love to thrift. One of our favorite things to collect are crew necks. We even have a crew neck closet. A perfectly acceptable and comfortable choice of apparel for having a case of the Mondays.
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Although I often receive this text after I have been up for a few hours, this has always been a significant part of starting my day. Even if it is a Monday, these morning texts make a great start.
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Now on Mondays I only have one class, however, I fill all of my “extra” time with plenty of other things.
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Right after I get out of my class, I head over to the Student Financial Planning Office in Lewis Hall on Morningside campus. It is here that I spend approximately 8 hours a week working in between classes. This is my view.
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At about 11:30am everyday I get this mass text from my roommates trying to figure out when we should get lunch together. No one likes eating alone… Plus, we have gossip to discuss!
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Sometimes I just like to be alone over the lunch hour, however, today I was feeling social. Here is what I ate for lunch with a few of my roommates. We talked gossip, gave people insight into what the rest of our weeks were looking like, etc. It was a nice break from what I had waiting for me after the fact…
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I usually go into work at the Financial Aid Office again from 1-3:30pm on Mondays, however, this day I had a lot of homework I need to be getting done instead. Finals are coming up, and to just about EVERY professor that means, pile on the workload!
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This is precisely how I feel about that. Drained.
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Then there’s Honors. At 3:30-4:45pm every Monday, I meet with a group of students in which we discuss controversial topics. This is sometimes a nice little break from studying as well, other times I find it inconveniently aligning itself with my nap time. In between dozes, I try to share my opinions on the topics at hand.
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Then there’s this. If I’m ever having a stressful day, which recently has been just about every day, working out has been my release. I leave the Hper feeling more optimistic.
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One of the favorite parts of my Monday. I retired earlier this year from the Morningside Soccer team, but recently I’ve been warming up before my workouts with a soccer ball. It’s been a nice release.
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After working out and gaining a bit of an appetite, I head to the caf for dinner with Nate. We talk about anything and everything, and then plan out the rest of our evening. Which 9 times out of 10, always involves studying.
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Posted up in the Library for the night. We’re here just about every night from 6pm to Midnight.
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Did I mention I like to take study breaks? Not a bad Monday overall, but then…
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I took my case off for five minutes, and this happened. I swear it’s only because it’s Monday. I’ve got a bad case of them. Will Monday and I ever get along?
I’m in my third year as an Undergrad student at Morningside College, and I still can’t seem to get a handle on the relationship I share with Mondays. In these photos, I set out a typical “Case of the Mondays” that I experience. I tried to include myself in these pictures as much as I possibly could, however, going through my daily routine (mind you it’s a busy time of year at Morningside for a student) and trying to successfully establish a shot for everything I do during the day, posed more difficulties for me, than I had originally anticipated. I think my favorite photos included are my morning ones. I feel that I appropriately conveyed my not being a morning person and established my “case of the Mondays.” Then, my final photograph of my shattered phone. It was the irony that really all day long, nothing too terrible happened, until right before bed. I appropriately told the story of a time in my life, being the present, and what a typical Monday “feels” like to me, and the different views I get on a Monday. Whether the view is in the classroom, at work, the caf, Hper, etc. However, I wish I would have gotten more shots of the people I came across. I didn’t get any of the people I talked to in between class, work, dinner, and so on. I run into quite a few people throughout my day, and some of the conversations are rather interesting. I don’t remember being too over the top this particular Monday, in that I think I would be able to recall one now if there had been a good one. I have many many photos, but I think it’s difficult trying to participate in you life, and trying to convey it in photographs at the same time. I would have much rather had someone following me around taking photographs, maybe they would have seen my Monday in a different way. Not only would it be more convenient, but it would probably be more interesting in a non-bias way.