Back to School

I am not a teacher, nor do I have children who attend school and yet this annual back-to-school vibe also affects me for several reasons. Public transport works in regular, shorter intervals again and "construction/service disruption season" is finally over until next July. My many friends who are teachers themselves and/or have children on summer break are back in town. This state of "all decisions on hold until people are back" at work is over and you don't get more out-of-office replies than actual responses to your e-mails any longer. It's almost as if a mini New Year begins every September and I don't mind being swept up in its momentum.