Heart of the working week or not, an alignment between Venus and Mercury in a playful and creative part of your chart that peaked yesterday is not only going to be slow to separate, it will be another two months before they part ways for good. Instead, with Venus already in retrograde motion and Mercury slowing ahead of a retrograde turn, while they should both be gone by next week, they are going to keep this side of life's fence active for the rest of the year. This makes sense of the work/life balance reminders at the start of the week and on and off for several weeks.