what is it about Fridays that makes it so endearing?

I have often wondered, why people in general seem so happy that it is a Friday. The most obvious answer is, the weekend is here. This leaves us time to take a break from whatever we are doing and enjoy other activities. We plan to meet up with friends, go sample a new restaurant, catch up on our chores, cook something special or just relax.

For me personally, I start Friday with the feeling that, ok couple of more hours to finish whatever I need to do and then I m done! What a wonderful feeling to start a day. When I was working, I usually leave all the catching up and follow up jobs for Friday. I keep the meetings short, sort through the week's work and then make plans for the coming week. Honestly, writing this down, I m impressed myself. But I realize now that keeping things orderly comes naturally to me. This might be the one good gene passed on from my mother to me. And to my husband, this is his constant pain. My desire to arrange and plan and meticulously details things. Ok I m not going to drift now; lets discuss my (un?)attractive qualities some other time.

Like I was saying, all this planning and looking back gives me a lot of satisfaction. I feel there is nothing pending for the next day on my plate. This in turn makes me more relaxed, makes me start thinking of fun things to do, like crash at somebody's house for a nice chat, enjoy a good meal and lately do something outdoors. Also I get to spend time with Sathiq, watching a good movie or talking about our friends and family or something we both like. And lately I have been a regular at the mosque for the Friday namaaz. This is one thing I have come to enjoy a lot. I like the feeling of joining a lot of strangers, standing shoulder to shoulder and worshiping. I enjoy the piece and quiet and general feeling of belonging. Well the point is each of us have our own reasons to enjoy the weekend.

But then, why does Friday make it better than a Saturday? And I think it is because, we homosapiens in general, love the feeling that there is something around the corner, than actually having it. Like Shakespear said "Anticipation is better than prize" in Hamlet. You know that you have all these plans and at that point, the possibility in your mind is, I m going to enjoy doing this. When you actually do it, whether it lives upto your expectation is pure chance. I personally like what Keats had to say on the subject " Heard melodies are sweet but those unheard are sweeter...."

Bottom line - Fridays are the best!