Dog Days of Summer

[dogzilla30]

It's Labor Day here in the US.  Schools are starting again and it's humid as anything here in Ohio.

Write about the Dog Days of Summer. 

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[wetcoastwriter]

Wrote a demoralizing 300 words on how I'm feeling about life.

Hm, this headed in an interesting direction

[silentpalms]

The Dog Days of summer were something of - ah - a "little death" for Rachel that year. Her roommate was certainly not helping the situation, as she sat on the bed, staring at her computer screen. She was an accidental roommate, really, the result of searching for housing through craigslist on slightly too short of notice. The degree progress wasn't really helpful. Graduation was a synonym for becoming unemployed, in the economy as it was at the time. And the summer itself -- well, suffice it to say she could barely stand going outside between noon and 5pm, the sun tortured her so