Out of synch

I'm feeling a bit out of synch with my colleagues. Having just spent a year of luxurious leave, I'm actually eager to get back into our shared educational project. My colleagues, on the other hand, are all still pretending that the summer vacation has just begun! And, in truth, classes don't start until next month, with orientation activities starting a few days before. It seems the part of prudence for me not to observe that I've just had three summers in a row, and it's getting a bit old. Perhaps this succession of summers (the reason for this blog's name, you'll recall) has made me forget what it means for summer really to end - to disappear for nine whole months - rather than just to hide behind a tree and reëmerge again three months later!