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"Back to School, Back to School..." Adam Sandler sings it so well in his movie Billy Madison. That is exactly what today was for me. Back to school after the Christmas break. It was a long day. A very long day.

I wonder, what makes the first day back to work after a vacation so long? We work the same number of hours, do the same tasks, basically, but why is the day so long??

I think, for me, I get easily accustomed to the "stay at home" mentality. I enjoy my lazy mornings, laboring over a steaming cup of coffee and the morning paper. I love the daily crossword, in the morning!! Having my most difficult task of the day be deciding what to do that day is a dream. My work days aren't anything close to my off days, and that is a good thing. But what makes that first day so long?

As a Middle School Teacher my days are always busy. I am always running somewhere, and solving some problem. But today wasn't like that. It was calm and laid back. It was just a very long day. I wanted desperately to come home and crochet. But alas I am too tired.

Ah--there is always tomorrow. I think maybe it is bedtime.....