Summer

I and most people can't wait for summer to come. Personally, the most recent summer was the best summer I have ever had. Maybe the best time of my life. I spent almost every day hanging out with friends, spending time with family, going on vacations, to the beach, but most importantly, I was able to wake up whenever I wanted to. And I know that's how most summers are for people. But before this summer, all I did was surf, and stay home. Staying home for me is much different than the average person. For those of you who don’t know, my mom owns a daycare inside my house. Which yes, I know, is crazy. When I wake up, it's only to the noise of 12 children in the house, or some loud music, or kid shows like Mickey mouse. This is how I would usually spend my summers. But, something changed last summer, it was the best summer yet. In my gut, I don't know how much fun this summer will be, with COVID and all.

Of course, I miss summer, who doesn't? But think about it, if summer lasted eternally, you would get tired of it. You know that feeling at the end of the summer, you feel prepared to go back. In a sense, you want to return to school. Then, after the first week, you're tired of it, why? Why do we always feel like this? I believe that humans have the nature of always wanting more, once you get something, you're satisfied, but after having it, you want something else, something new and fresh.

This is what summer has always felt like to me, you want it so bad, so when you get it, you enjoy it until you eventually get tired of it. You want something new and fresh. You finally make it past school, the entire year, you soak up all the fun and joy, till you get bored. Then you kind of miss school.

For me at least, this also relates to basically everything. For example, when you get a new car, you love it so much, but after a few years, everything changes. It  gets old, you want something new, you get tired of it. What once seemed like something you would never get tired of, you throw away.

When I was writing about summer, something popped up at me. How is this year's summer going to be? With COVID, how are we going to enjoy ourselves? What protocols are we going to have to follow? Are we still going to be on lockdown? This is where my problems start, if you couldn't tell, I am an extreme over-thinker. I mean, like majorly. I always think, what if this, what if that? How can I fix this, how about that? But, I think this is a good thing, it keeps me on my toes, I'm always ready. I like to say, if you go in with low expectations, you will always come out more happy than if you over-excite yourself. So maybe this year's summer won't be so bad, maybe it will. But either way, we need to adapt and change how we do things so we can succeed through this hard time.