I have been able to come up for air just long enough to observe how the timing of the Labor Day weekend and the sudden change from summer heat to September chill was amazingly out of whack this year.
Labor Day was a week late this year as it was, but the cold weather arrived early as if to stomp out any “last hurrah” folks would want to indulge in before school and regular autumnal life started. School started early for many people as well: they even had kids in school for two or three days before letting them out for three days again. What was that all about?
The lower temperatures came at an appropriate time for me because I didn’t have air conditioning for a few days. Had the heat stayed around I would never have been able to function in those last days of vacation. Now that the artificial cool has come back, we’ve spent two days relying on the artificial heat because somebody just yanked the plug on indian summer.
Last week was a madhouse, with nothing but meetings, appointments and adjustments to new schedules. Next week won’t be any better. This is how it will be until the holidays, when we add more insanity to the mix. Why do we do this to ourselves? Can’t we stand on even ground all year and not have to worry about adjusting all the time?
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