It’s August 1st, y’all.
AUGUST FIRST.
I don’t even have kids in school anymore and still, I’m seriously annoyed at this rush back-to-school. And yes, I know, the kids got out on May 22nd in my neighborhood so it’s really the same amount of time for summer break as they’ve always had. But when I see a school bus on my street on AUGUST FIRST, it just doesn’t feel right. I mean, when did we all decide to give August the summer vacation shaft? It just sticks in my craw.
And speaking of things that stick in my craw, I have a post over at the Muffin today on Stick-in-My-Craw Character Flaws.
I’ve come up with three annoying character missteps, if you will, but I’m sure there are plenty more which I neglected to mention. These flaws are just the ones that cause various extreme reactions from me. Like screaming out loud at the publisher (Come on, Harper Collins, how did you ever spend money on this book?) or throwing the book (That’s the final straw *tosses book across the room* I refuse to read another word— *remembers that it’s a library book and goes to find tossed book*).
Or maybe I pound my head into the desk because I’ve found in my very own manuscript one of the character flaws I despise (and just listed in a post over at The Muffin). So I’m getting to work on revisions for August, just as soon as A. my head stops hurting and B. Libs quits barking at buses in my neighborhood.
Cathy C. Hall Writes 
Cathy–No, the summers are not 3 months long anymore. Perhaps you could launch a national complaint campaign, so teachers–I mean kids–could get a 3-month summer break once more?
Of course, the teachers would hate being away from their classes for that long, but we’d make the sacrifice for the children…
Summers for kids do seem to be getting shorter. We used to be out by the middle of May and didn’t go back until after Labor Day. Ah, the good old days! And now I’m off to The Muffin!