The best time of the year is so close. The time of the year where teenagers and children get excited, restless, and start not paying attention in school as much as they used to, like how they did in the middle of school year. I guess it depends on the person. This time of the year is known as the lovely season… Summer. I’m not going to lie, the last day of school is pretty amazing, but so depressing. I actually usually cry. It means not seeing my friends as much, time flying by. Yeah, definitely depressing.
Even though I think summer is depressing, there are great things that come within it. Birthday bash, beach, friends that care enough about you to spend time with you, events that people care so much about, 4th of July. That’s where all my best memories are joined together at. There are a few things I’m really excited for, but birthday bash is not one of them. You see, we get out of school on Tuesday, June 10th, simply because we had too many snow days. Go figure, I live in Michigan. Michigan weather never makes up it’s mind. Global warming was so not true this year. Anyways, birthday bash is June 7th and 8th, the last weekend before school ends. So, I can’t say I’m excited for summer for that reason.
I’m also excited because my mother has decided we are camping for the whole summer. With no electricty, and she’s buying a camping shower. If you don’t know what that is, allow me to explain. It’s basically a tent that has a bag of water in it that gets heated by the sun. When it’s heated enough, the bag releases water and you take your shower. It’s enclosed, so it’s not like people can see you. She also is supposed to get us a pool. She’s doing this so it saves money, from electricty and water. Like I said before, my family doesn’t have much money. Everyone is kind of excited for it, but it won’t be in Holland. That’s one of my issues. I won’t get to see some of my most favorite people that much, but if it helps us, then it’s okay.
I am excited for summer for many other reasons, one of them is because my sister’s baby shower. It’ll be sometime around 4th of July, up where I was born and raised. We won’t be in my new city for 4th of July, what a bummer. Anyways, she is due in september. A few weeks or days after school starts, which is september 4th. I can’t wait to see my family that which I haven’t seen in many years. Some of them, almost a year, others over two years and some longer than that. They are the lives that keep me alive. Without them, I’d be lost. They are the ones who pick me up when I am down. When I don’t see them for that long, it starts to hurt. Like the only thing holding on is the faith and hope that I get to see them again and knowing that they are okay. Not to mention, that baby inside her stomach is my pride and joy. I love Emma to death, that’s the baby’s name. I just already know she’ll be beautiful.
Another thing I am excited for is the beach. Even though there was so much snow this year and it was freezing so lake michigan is still very, very cold, who said I couldn’t just walk on the beach? Hang out with friends, walk on the beach in the sunset. Paradise. My friend will be working there so it’ll be great.
The summer is always the best time for me, and there’s only a few days left a school. 5½ days, combining two half days as one day. This summer won’t be like last, I was a different person then. A bad person. My life has changed, I’ve changed, my friends have changed… Now, this summer will change. Whether they are good or bad, I guess life is always full of changes.
“Nothing happens until the pain of staying the same outweighs the pain of change” – Arthur Burt
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