Comments on: Labor Day…Happy New Year?

By: olefino

olefino — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:13:04 +0000

Hey everyone, it’s Labor Day! I’m enjoying my extra day off, and I am planning to make something fun that’ll probably involve a moto trip and seeing something new in Centereach I haven’t seen yet.
You write new post on a Monday at the labor day? … haPpY BloGgING!

By: Leigh-Ann Webster

Leigh-Ann Webster — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:37:23 +0000

I have always loved the day after Labor Day for exactly this reason. It’s a time for me to refocus, reprioritize and finish the year off with a bang. At least that is how I felt this morning when I got up at 5 a.m., worked out, got my oil changed and did everything else that piled up this summer (because I certainly was not getting up at 5 a.m.). It’s just a time when I always feel rejuvinated. Now hopefully I can carry this pizazz through the end up the year and not hit the snooze button!

By: robert

robert — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:38:36 +0000

In the cozy position I’m in as a school employee, Labor Day feels very much like the end of Summer for me–I’m squarely in the childrens’ camp on this issue, scuffing my shoes resentfully as I put on long pants for the first time in months.

Sometimes I think I could benefit from watching a time-lapse film of my office, from my vantage point; how the year begins with familiar reminders–calendars marked with dates, upcoming holidays, et al, projects I want to get to are strewn everywhere–and quickly evolves (or devolves) into goals met, unmet, calendar pages in the trash.

And somewhere off-camera is me, singing REM’s “Don’t go back to Rockville (and waste another year)” either as a heroic anthem or a mournful dirge.

By: Ruby Roof

Ruby Roof — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:37:17 +0000

I agree that going back to school brings about fresh thoughts of routine, fall schedules, sports, holidays, and family celebrations. My son started 1st grade today and it felt good to see him bravely march into his class. Quiet courage.
My daughter begins 5 day pre-k on Thursday. It will be somewhat lonely during the day to have both away. But I am looking forward to focusing on my work, my health, and my home. Such a warm time of year!

By: Amy Miyamoto

Amy Miyamoto — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:05:50 +0000

I also have two little ones starting their first day of preschool today. So this is a particularly big day for new beginnings for all of us. I am focusing on the gifts and opportunities that this new change will bring.

Amy
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By: Amy R

Amy R — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:52:25 +0000

The day after Labor Day has always been much more like New Year’s than Jan 1st for me. I think it’s all those years of school (10 years of college plus K-12).

My work pile left from summer is large but I’m also trying to think about my “New Year’s Resolutions”.

Our only child started Kindergarten today so it’s a bittersweet day for us. Both of us work from home so we will really miss her. I’m thinking of a children’s book to create called, “Daddy’s Longest Day” about a little girl starting Kindergarten.

~ Amy