Italian kids hate September, the month schools open again,  but once you grow older, the coming of the first month of the fall is often welcomed with a sense of relief. Because summer may be filled with sun kissed fun for some, but most of us still have to go work every day — beside that measly couple of weeks in mid-August when everyone else hits the road and half of the vacation is either spent on the highway stuck in traffic, or worrying about being on the highway stuck in traffic. 

And so, we dwell in the office with the a/c on, then wander into the sweltering heat outside, then back to the a/c of our home:  a perfect recipe to get neck pains and sore throats, if you ask me.  Personally, I am not a fan of the summer, for all these reasons and more.