So it begins

My son starts school in the morning, I say this with mixed feelings.  It is a wonderful and joyous moment, my boy is growing up and that is a special feeling.  The outside influences are troublesome, but we hope we have raised him right.  It's living by the school year that is most annoying.   For so long we have been able to do as we pleased, now we must consult the official school calendar before doing anything and worse yet we will be doing this for at least 13 years.