School. Most people seem to think it's the worst thing invented by man. Personally, I don't mind it all that much. It's not fun all the time, but I mean it gives me something to do through the late summer, fall, winter and early spring months. But that being said, summer is something I always yearn for every year. School is still school no matter how much I like it, it gets wearing on you after a while having your nose constantly on the grindstone. All the social pressures and everything that goes on, it gets old after a while. Everyone lives for those 7 weeks of break we get every year. Everyone lives for summer. Everyone gets restless in the last month of school. And yes that includes you teachers too. Don't try to deny it, we students know that you wanna get rid of us as much as we want to get rid of you. Summer has a spectacular effect on the psyche of people in school. It's fun to watch. The sun puts a spell on us all. The enchanment and the warmth and everything is so much yearned for...even more so after being trapped in a school building gazing longingly outside. Sun, Summer...great stuff.
But with summer also comes work. For me anyway. The end of school is also the end of that which occupies me during the daylit hours, it needs to be filled with something else so I don't hurt myself or others from lack of something to occupy me. So my parents told me, you swim (which I do), and you get a job (which I did). And such is the composition of a summer day for me. Two swim practices a day (great fun for sure) and a shift of work (anywhere from 3 to 5 hours sitting in the sun, soaking in the rays). Lifeguarding is a great job. I may complain about it, but it's not really all that bad. Go through the training, and try to get to each of the pools before all the other people do so you can get a job, and there you go...a decent paying summer job to fund your way through the winter months. I love my job.
Also, with the advent of summer closing in upon us, the return of my sister is heralded after her freshman year of college. Talk about an adjustment for me. I've spent the winter months relatively enjoyably, Katie wasn't there, I adjusted to her not being there fairly easily, and now I have to adjust back. I have to get used to her and my little brother bickering all the time...wow...thinking about it now, it's hard to believe that I was ever used to that.
Well, needless to say this summer will be very interesting. I'm looking forward to it.
And so we go.
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