Not only does Labor Day usher out the sweaty sunny days of summer, but it also has always represented the official beginning of school for me. Even if we hadn't started classes again quite yet. Or if we had already started classes, it always seemed a little ridiculous because we'd go to school for a few days and then get a day off for Labor Day.
"Wait, we've only been at it for like 4 days and already we're getting another vacation?!?"
You know that feeling I'm talking about, right?
Anyway, as crazy as it seems, a little part of me still wishes that I was heading back to new classes this time of year again. Buying new supplies for all the dozens of papers I would spend hours researching and all the sleepless nights spent banging away in practice rooms and all the weekends I would spend partying excessively instead of studying like I should have been. Or as a line taken from an old favorite movie most perfectly describes it: "Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address…" Man, what I wouldn't give for some pencil dust right about now.
Even though neither my daughter nor myself are heading off to school this year, there's no reason we can't enjoy the perks of getting some new supplies to see us through whatever learning adventures this new year will bring.
LITTLE: Duluth Pack child's envelope pack / Etch A Sketch /
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