... Not!

So... Walking to school, it seemed awfully quiet. I couldn't point to any single sound that was missing, but there's a background hum of a city that usually doesn't go away, and that wasn't there. It's just my imagination, I thought.
So I get to the intersection by my school and I notice that not only is there not a massive pile of people waiting to cross the intersection, there are no crossing guards. Weird, but I'm running a few minutes late at this point, so not too surprising, I guess. Mental shrug.
So I open the door to building nine and - actually, I didn't. It was locked, and while a quarter inch of glass isn't even close to impassable...

So after not opening the door to building nine, I went over and talked to one of the guards:
Me: [inhaling to start talking]
Guard: Oh, hi! It's been a while, hasn't it!
Me: Have I met this person before? I mean, I guess I have, but... Uh...
Me, out loud: Uh, yeah! Do you know when building nine will open?
Guard: Today's a holiday. It's respect for the aged day. [She said this part v-e-r-y slowly so I could pick up the syllables. I then went on about how I thought today seemed strange due to this, and that, and this other thing.]
Me: Anyway. So I should be able to get into building nine to talk to someone either tomorrow or the day after, as long as I go in in the afternoon?
Guard: Yeah, you should be able to.

Having written that down, the conversation doesn't sound nearly as fun as it was when I was actually having it. She had a cute accent in her English, which she would use occasionally for some more common words, though I suspect she's pretty skilled.

So today is not only not the first day of classes, but today is so not the first day that we don't have class for another two days in addition. Woo, more summer break.
[Edit: It turns out I may have been off by an entire week.]

I never got to sleep last night...