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… and what a relief!

I always feel blue after a vacation and, compounded with the end of the weekend blues – and Labour Day weekend on top of that – I was feeling especially low-key yesterday. And, even though I know, intellectually, that fall still has a few more weeks to go, Labour Day weekend always feels like the end of summer. It’s that back-to-school feeling, even though I haven’t been in school for years.

On the upside, I know I’m not alone in this post-vacation/post-weekend/Labour Day downer of a mood. And I am, in fact, not crazy.

Here’s an interesting piece in The Star about the psychological effect of this time of year: http://www.thestar.com/living/article/1048552–that-feeling-you-re-feeling-today-it-s-the-fear-of-september?bn=1

Speaking of the vacation, I’ll be back with more on my Ottawa and St. John’s adventures this week.

2 responses to “So I’m not crazy…”

Tina

September 6, 2011

Welcome back! I’ve been noticing (with regret) the shorter daylight hours – it gets dark now between 7:30 and 8:00 – wah!
And the temp in Toronto, anyway made a sharp dip on Labour Day. It’s definitely jacket weather now. Bye bye to T-shirts and flip flops for another year.

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1. life with more cowbell
  
  September 6, 2011
  
  Thanks! Yeah, getting up shortly before sunrise for work today was a rather rude awakening. And more than a bit depressing.
  
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