Wednesdays are evil.

When I was in high school, Wednesday always happened to be the worst day of the week - the day with most hours in school, and with the toughest or most boring classes. I thought it was accidental.

Later, when I was in the army, Wednesdays always happened to be the days when work suddenly became most difficult. I didn't pay much attention to it.

Only when I got to university and noticed that once again Wednesday happens to be the longest, toughest day I began to suspect that this is not mere coincidence.

The Facts

Wednesday lies in the middle of the week - around the middle in the Jewish week which starts on Sunday, and exactly in the middle in the Christian week which starts on Monday. It is already far away from the beginning of the week, when one is still protected by the memory of the weekend; and yet, it is not yet the weekend. Only by the end of the terrible Wednesday one starts thinking that the weekend is coming soon.

Well, it is well known that the in-betweens - the hours of dusk, the crossroads, the doorways - are most susceptible to evil and bad luck. Wednesday did not escape this fate, and it is now completely controlled by the devil.

Notice the spelling of the word "Wednesday" - of all the days of the week, this one is the hardest to spell. Why? Because of that silent "d" in the middle - a "d" which obviously stands for "devil"!

The usual reasoning for this is that the day's name is taken from the name of the Norse god Odin. This is of course another trickery of the devil, in order to hide its evil presence in the name of the day it inhabits. In a clear afterthought, the name Woden was made as a variation of the name Odin, providing the common explanation. However, a little inqiry will lead you to an interesting fact: one of Odin's other names is Bolverk, which means "evil doer". Coincidence? I think not!

What Does This Mean, And What Can Be Done?

The fact that Wednesday is diabolic means that Wednesdays are always the toughest day of the week. Hour after hour of tiring study or work pass, and yet the day does not seem to come to an end. Things go wrong. You constantly drop things, or stumble, or run into people you dislike. People usually try to reason it with logic, saying things like "Well, it's almost the end of the week, so a lot of projects pile up and there is pressure to finish them quickly" (it seems to make sense, of course, but the fact is Wednesdays make no sense). Many others don't even notice all this, and think that this is just another "bad day". The truth is that Wednesdays are more than bad - they are evil. They are diabolic. They are cursed.

So, what can I do?

Frankly, there is not much to be done - Wednesdays just aren't lucky. However, some methods of coping with the evil of Wednesdays can be offered:

• Masochism

  Or in other words, pretending that you're having fun anyway. This method is characterized by saying things like: "Actually, I like working until 4am! Nobody's around, so everything's quiet and I can accomplish a lot more!" or "My Wednesday classes are really hard, but that makes them chalenging, which is good!" or "Well, the Modern Theory of Contemporarism lecture I have on Wednesdays might be boring as hell, but this way I can catch up some sleep".
  
  Quite a pitiful method, as you can see, but sometimes it works. It's rather hard to spoil such hopeless optimism.

• Superstition

  Becoming superstitious might not help (depending on your own beliefs, of course), but it can provide some sense of security. Only leave your house on your right foot, do not step on cracks or walk under ladders, always carry around a four-leaf clover, a rabbit's foot, a horseshoe, a Hamsa ¹, a Figa ², or any other symbol of good luck you can think of. The more, the better - you never know what kind of devilry you might run into.
  
  Try not to call the day by its name, so as not to atract unwanted attention from any evil-doers that might be hovering around. If you absolutely have to say some name, try saying it backwards (Yadsendew), to confuse the evil spirits, or maybe use a neutral, meaningless name, such as Wibble.

Beware Wednesdays. Maybe there is not much you can do about them, but recognition is the first step in the preventing of possible bad luck. When you know that Wednesday is going to be awful, you can keep your head down and wait for it to pass - and when it does, you are safely in the weekend.