Author's Note:

Time for another adventure with Garfield and his weird and wacky friends! Let's see what our favorite fat and lazy cat is up to today.


Our story of course, opens up with Garfield waking up from his very long slumber and ready to eat a really large breakfast.

"Boy, what an early day" he yawned "Oh well, better tear off the calendar, rip off the furniture, eat like a pig and take another nap"

Garfield leaped off of the drawer and walked over to the calendar and noticed that the date for yesterday was Sunday, which made him realize something really awful.

"Maybe it's...Monday" he thought "I'd better check and see. But not without the proper equipment"

Garfield went back to the calendar wearing proper equipment and carefully took down the page of the calendar to realize it was the worst day of the week...MONDAY!

"No, no, it can't be Monday! It can't be!" he thought "It can't be! If it's Monday in here, could it be Monday out there as well?"

Garfield stuck his head out the window and got hit in the head with a pie.

"Yep, it's Monday out here too" he thought "Somebody should've warned me about it. I'll just stay in bed until Monday is over!"

Garfield zoomed back into his bed and quivered with fear. Just then, Jon, Odie, Lyman and Nermal came into the room.

"Garfield, we're going for a walk in the park" said Jon.

Garfield shook his head "No way, I am not going to the park"

"Come on Garfield" Jon said as he picked up the cat "It's a lovely day and you could use some fresh air"

Jon carried Garfield, who kept squirming and trying to get free.

"What's gotten into him?" Lyman asked Jon.

"I have no idea, but whatever it is, I know it's not a big deal" Jon replied.

"Humans are so ignorant" Garfield thought.

"This won't be long anyways, Garfield" said Jon "I have to finish my care package for my friend in Brazil and mail it before the post office closes tonight"

"When it's Monday, everything is long" Garfield thought.

Later, the gang arrived back home and Garfield leaped out of Jon's arms and ran to the kitchen.

"Boy, this trying to survive Monday stuff is really hungry work" he thought "I'd better go get a snack"

Garfield looked throughout the kitchen, but found nothing except for a box of raisins. Jon then came in to see what was all the racket.

"What on Earth is going on here?!" he demanded.

Jon saw that the pantry, the jars and the fridge were just about empty.

"Guess I forgot to go grocery shopping this week" he said "Oh well. Better wait till the check comes this Friday"

"Oh no!" he shivered "It's getting worse...there's no food and it will remain that way for another few days! How could this possibly get any worse?"

Just then, the doorbell rang.

"Now who could that be?" Jon wondered.

Jon opened the door to reveal two little red-haired girls with glasses.

"Hi Uncle Jon!" said the girls.

"Drusilla, Minerva!" Jon exclaimed "What are you two doing here?"

"Our mom said we could spend the day with you, Uncle Jon" said Minerva "We're just so happy to be here!"

"That's great to know, Drusilla" said Jon.

"No, I'm Minerva, she's Drusilla" Minerva corrected Jon.

"Where's Garfield?" asked Drusilla "We want to play with him!"

"I think he's in the kitchen or something" said Jon.

"Thanks Uncle Jon" said the girls as they ran to find our furry hero.

Jon walked over to the couch to watch TV with Odie and Lyman.

"So Jon, are those two supposed to be your nieces?" asked Lyman "I thought your brother didn't have a wife or kids"

"I dunno" Jon shrugged "My family tree is pretty weird and freaky, so we really don't keep track of what they're supposed to be"

Meanwhile, Garfield was sleeping on the window ledge of the kitchen, hoping that Monday would end, when all of a sudden...

"HI GARFIELD!" shouted two voices.

Garfield shrieked and jumped onto the ceiling with his claws "Oh no! Not them!"

"Let's play with the kitty cat" said the girls "Let's play with the kitty cat!"

"No, I'll never surrender to you! Never!" Garfield held onto the ceiling.

Unfortunately, Garfield couldn't hold onto the ceiling much longer and fell right into Drusilla and Minerva's arms.

"Oh Garfield, we are so glad to see you" said the girls "We missed you so much"

The twins started hugging and kissing Garfield, who struggled to free himself from their awful grasps. Finally, he got out and started to run upstairs.

"Come back Garfield!" the girls said as they chased him "We want to play dress-up!"

Garfield ran into Jon's room and tried to hide under the bed.

"What am I gonna do?" he thought "I'll never be able to sleep through Monday if those two demons are around! I've gotta think of something"

Just then, the twins barged into the room and started to look under the bed. Garfield was scared half to death, started to climb out the window and slid down the gutters to the front door.

"Hopefully, Drusilla and Minerva won't look for me outside" he thought.

Garfield tried to think of a way to avoid Monday when he saw something on the front porch. It was some sort of package that Jon left out for the mailman to pick up.

"Hmmm" Garfield thought "This is the same package that Jon said he was going to mail to his friend in Brazil. I bet they don't have Mondays there"

Garfield used his claw to open the package, put air holes in it and then jumped in. He also took out most of the things in the box to make room for himself.

"This should get me away from Monday" he thought.

The mailman then came and picked up the package. He took it to the post office and then shipped it off to Brazil. It was a very bumpy ride all the way from the post office and overseas.

"Boy, this is a good idea" he thought "I hope. At least there are only ten hours of Monday left"

Eventually, Garfield arrived at the house of Jon's Brazilian friend. His friend's cat picked up the package and took it inside.

Just then, Garfield popped out "I can't take it anymore! I need food! A whole house full of it!"

Garfield then looked at his watch and saw that it was already past ten hours.

"I made it!" he smiled "I did it! Monday is over!"

"I don't think so, my friend" the Brazilian cat shook his head "Here in Brazil, we have different hours compared to the other side of the planet. Monday is just getting started"

"NO!" Garfield gasped "Not more Monday! No!"

Just then, a pie came flying by and it hit Garfield in the face.

"Sorry, our neighbor was making a pie earlier" the Brazilian cat grinned.

"I really, really hate Mondays" Garfield thought.

It would be a long time before he could get back to the states.


Author's Note:

Mondays. Don't you just hate them? Well, Garfield will just have to deal with them, no matter what and he'll need to get back home in time for dinner. Meanwhile, we'd better get to US Acres and see if Wade, Roy and Bo have found Orson.