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As Mike and I have entered our fifth year of retirement, how we look at the week has certainly changed. For example, when we taught at Long Cane Middle School in LaGrange, Georgia, Mondays were tough because we were coming off the weekend. It was especially rough during the four years, three months and two weeks we commuted from Auburn to LaGrange. Back then, the alarm clock went off at 3:42 a.m. Central, a vicious time of day. As I’ve probably said before in this column, only Dracula and we were awake at this time in our neighborhood.

By Wednesday, or “hump day,” Mike and I were getting excited because our work week was more than half over already.

As Thursday dawned, our excitement grew. By the way, I once read that Thursday was to the best day to ask for a raise. Why? Because your boss is grumpy on Monday since the weekend is over, and he or she doesn’t want