How can you tell it's Monday where you are?

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answer:My wife and daughter are sick—having just returned from vacation. My daughter came in to our room early in the morning, and was given dispensation to stay home. She’d been working too hard on homework. Some vacation! My wife had her Monday morning headache. Hopefully these will go away when she retires in a few weeks. Hopefully.

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