The Summer Draws Near

And I sit quietly in anticipation. Summer, for me, always brings a mix of emotions. On one hand, it's the fracking summer. Why wouldn't I be happy? There's no school, occasional nice weather (I love you San Francisco). Tons of time for me to do what I want and hang out with friends. It's just an all-around enjoyable time? Why wouldn't I be happy? Well the summer also signifies the end of a school year. And as a school year ends, change begins. Stuff happens. Stuff starts. Stuff Ends. It's just the natural cycle. Shit happens. Normally coping with change is easy, and I'm not terrible at it. But just because you can Kind of deal with it, doesn't mean it's a little bit sad. I'm gonna miss being a junior and all the experiences I've had. The year just went by so quickly. I can vividly remember my trip this summer to Southern California and San Diego Comicon. Like it happened just a couple of weeks ago. I mean what is this? Am I really getting that old? Has time itself buckled under the pressure of my 17 years of age? Not only is it the speed at which things are changing that has me sad, but the change itself. A lot of my really good friends will be graduating this year. I don't know how I feel about this. Obviously, I'm sad. To have so many people that mean so much to you move away, people whom you see and interact with on a daily basis, is a little sad. But at the same time, it's not like I'm never gonna see them again, right? They're moving on to bigger and better things. Hitting up that huge establishment of "University". Bittersweet. I mean if this is how I feel, I can't even imagine what they must be thinking. Well that's it for now. Expect a much more intense, tear-stained post about the senior's exodus later on. Probably somewhere like next Thursday.