The dreaded first day of the kids going back to school.
Relief at surviving their exodus couples with pangs of missing them and the winds of change that always blow this time of year.
I was lucky; not everyone gets to spend their summer with their kids without leaving for work every day, and for that I am deeply grateful but now it's back to looking-for-a-new career season.
And it's scarier than Halloween.
But, it's also kind of exhilarating in a roller-coaster way, and maybe after I get past the cold-sweats aspect of it, it'll actually be fun.
Let's hope. Then maybe I can find some...
