August is here and with it, the school year is starting. Some schools closer to OKC actually started today, which I found to be just horrible. The first day of August? How mean! You should at least give the kids a couple of weeks before they go back. Then again, those weeks are usually just full of dread.
It's funny how the school year, even for people who no longer have anything to do with school, creates a fictional version of the seasons. When school starts, it feels officially Fall, even if it's hot as hell outside. Winter is something that happens at the end of the semester and lingers until around Spring Break. Spring is that time between that break and the end of the second semester. Summer is ONLY the time you're off for Summer Break.
And no, that isn't how seasons officially work, but it might as well be. Given that most people grew up in the school system that functioned this way, it's how we've come to feel about the seasons.
Anyway, for all of those going back to school and for everyone who will have changes in their schedule due to the semester starting, I bid you good fortune. May the days til Winter Break pass quickly. May you make wonderful memories. May you learn a lot of things that enrich your life.
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