Labor Day is not my favorite day. Labor Day 2026 is bittersweet but mostly bitter. Labor Day signals the end of summer, usually with some celebration. We (Elaine, both batches of kids, and myself) aren’t celebrating together. One kid is spending their Labor Day on an oil driIling rig in central Wyoming. One kid is spending the day laboring in a restaurant in Northern Colorado. One kid is spending the day with friends at something called PIlates and then spending the day