survivingsummer

            The first year of college is tough. What’s tougher? The summer following.

            I just completed my first year of college at a university thousands of miles away from home. I worked hard, gained weight, and seemingly developed alcoholism (just kidding, Dad). It was a fun, yet tough experience, and I learned more than I could say.
I left my dorm, dragging my cart of bags behind me, depressed with the empty halls but ready to go home and relax for a summer with family and friends. I breathed a little easier knowing that finals were over and that I could sleep in as late as I wanted to without worrying about wasting thousands of dollars on a missed theology class. Summer was going to be great…I thought.
I have only been home for a week and already I have to worry about getting a job, having less freedom, and avoiding those relationships that turned sour during the long months away, including the one with my ex. Not only am I broke, but I feel that I am in some middle area, between happiness and that weird empty feeling that I could never explain. I miss school, but I am happy to be home. I love having home cooked meals, but “are you giving me a curfew?!” And I hate work, but I could only watch so many Family Guy episodes in one day (it’s on three stations now, and I officially think that I have seen every episode in the past week…twice). I was hurled back into home life, expecting it to be as easy as Ramen, but instead I found a mixture between my high school boundaries and the road to adulthood.
However, and that’s a big however, I am going to end my sob story. I have decided to take the situation into my own hands and make this the summer that I looked forward to. I am going to find the ways to create the ideal summer that all of us cool college kids hoped for, and I am going to spread the love.
I am here to be your guide to a great summer back from school. I will guide you through finding work, eating cheap, having fun (including cool alternatives to the horribly missed frat parties), avoiding the bitter ex you broke up with in search of “the real college experience”, and losing those lb’s (take this last promise with a grain of salt). Chances are, if you’re going through it, so am I.

I will help you survive summer.

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