Aren't the summer holidays over a tad too soon?

"Yay! It's finally May!" My son and me screamed at the dawn of the first day of May. May is special and why shouldn't it be? The much awaited summer break starts in May. That perhaps can be called the happiest month of the year as we prepare for our holiday season. 

Then came June.....an entire month of freedom from waking up in the morning. The best way to celebrate holidays is to snuggle in bed in the mornings when the AC seems to have suddenly become more powerful and you want to pull the quilt and sleep for some more time. You don't need to listen to the irritating music of the alarm which even though you set as the sweetest music available in the world but at that unearthly hour, seems to be the harshest sound your ears have ever heard. You don't have to hit the snooze button and keep taking sneak peeks at the clock to see how many more minutes or say seconds can you still steal. It's the most blissful thing to do. Sleep....without the stress of waking up cause you DO NOT have to send off the kids to school. 

Fast forward to the first day of July. Sadness enveloped the entire household. We felt as if someone was snatching away our beloved from us. Taking the liberty of going to the extremes, this pain can certainly be compared to the pain of a mother when someone forcefully snatches her baby from her bosom. As the school reopening time inched closer, our steps became heavier. The whole world seemed dismal! Hadn't the holidays gotten over a tad too soon? 

First day of school! The boy goes to school expecting no studies on the first day but comes back sulking as to what kind of people do they have in school! So much work done on the very first day!!!

Now life's back on track. The same old routine starts. Life seems monotonous and boring. Then time slowly passes and you get used to this mundane life. Weekend seems to be the best bet and you eagerly wait for the five long days to pass. Longingly we look at the calendar and count the holidays remaining in the year and then become happy to see that the short winter break is just 6 months away. The feeling is like "doobte ko tinkey ka sahaara."

At the end of every summer break, I find myself asking. "Why? Dear God, why? Why do the holidays get over so soon???"

Is it just me or do you all feel the same way too?