Going back to work after delicious holidays is like trying to start a rarely-used car after a harsh winter, but one way or another I'll have to summon most of my life energies to close the lazy summer and reopen the teaching season. Well, on top of other discomforts, October marks the beginning of increased traffic and human crowds in the streets, slower and more congested public transport, queues in the shops, all of which contribute to urban frustration. Ok, the dust should finally settle down, the old winter rhythms should return and the daily toil of the academic year should become much more bearable. I've been through it before, so I won't let it take its full toll on me again, working wisely to tone down the October hysteria.
The good part is that the winter is just around the corner, with colder temperatures, harsher conditions, less sunlight and people's tendency to indulge in leisurely introspection, which I adore and take pleasure in. Other than that, the bank balance will surely improve as language schools give out their groups, mamas call for desperate private lessons and businesses fill their employees' schedules with English trainings. Busy times ahead. It's just that the lovely laziness of the summer months hasn't yet faded away.
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