Not a Cliche Summer Recap Blog Post

I’ve honestly forgotten how to write a blog post.

I’ve been sitting here for a solid five minutes trying to figure out how I used to do this so effortlessly. Should I start with an interesting fact, a funny joke, or something just so totally random that you can’t help but say “OH POOF”.

After a while I realized something, I’ve already starting my post by talking about how I can’t start my post.

YES I’M BACK BABY.

A part of me wanted to write a blog post dedicated to all of the things that happened to me during my first summer in the lovely town of Ames, Iowa. Much to my surprise, there was a lot more to do here then watch corn grow.

i googled “iowa in the summer” and this was the first result.

Not to say that isn’t a good time.

So no, I am not going to talk about all of the people I met, the places I went, and the things I can not unsee. What I am going to talk about today is the things I missed out on.

The summer after freshman year is supposed to be the time where all of the freshman go back to their hometowns. They love it for the first few weeks. The clean showers, home cooked meals, and a bed that isn’t elevated eight feet off the ground? What’s not to love?

I will tell you what’s not to love, the complete and total lack of freedom. You don’t realize how much freedom you have in college until it is ripped away from you with the allure of spending your summer under the sun in the comfort of your hometown.

There is one thing however that really makes going home for the summer ok: seeing all of the friends you made growing up. Whether you choose to reconnect with your middle school best friend, or go to Perkins with your high school clique, these interactions are really important.

And I missed out on them.

It’s hard being in a different state and seeing all of your old friends hanging out again. It’s not even just that either. Reconnecting with people who you haven’t really seen in over a year can really show you how much you have grown as a person, or how much that person has changed too.

Recently I’ve even been finding myself nostalgically creeping on people who two years ago, I couldn’t imagine not seeing everyday. As if that was enough of an interaction to validate my thoughts.

If there’s one thing i’ve learned from this situation, my hometown might be needing an appearance from a certain curly haired mess sometime soon.

-Poof

I’m Not an Adult

Ahh summer, here at last. Time to relax, find a way to darken my pasty complexion, and have crazy adventures with my closest friends because after all: summer time is for the memories.

does iowa even have beaches i’m not actually sure?????

Or at least, that’s how it used to be.

 

That was always my mentality for my summers. It was a time to not worry, not think, just create memories that I would reflect on nostalgically during the colder months of the year. In summer there weren’t any repercussions for any of the odd, awkward, and sometimes sketchy situations I found myself in. It was all in good fun, after all we were just kids. To be fair, a lot of my friends are fortunate enough to still have this summer to be reckless.

 

I however, decided to give the ‘adult’ world a try.

 

To clarify, I do not consider myself an adult and I don’t think I will for a long time. However, this past week has really shown me that I am older than I thought I was. I have done more adult like tasks in the past week than I have in all of 2014.

 

What have I done you ask? WELL LET ME ENLIGHTEN YOU:

 

• I went to a farmers market.
• I moved.
• Other adult like things.
• I signed a sublease.
• I set up the utilities for the house I am staying in this summer under my own name because you know water in important.
• I went grocery shopping.
• I had an interview.
• Other adult like things.
• I worked over thirty hours.
• I did laundry.
• I went to bed every night before 1 am. Ok for me this is a new kind of miracle you don’t even understand.
• Other adult like things.
• I was offered a second job and began my training for that.
• I created an agenda for my entire summer.
• I shipped a package through FedEx.
• ….
• AND OTHER ADULT LIKE THINGS.

 

Just reading over all of these things makes me feel really old. Will this be a summer with no surprises? No late night heart to hearts with close friends? No waking up after noon every day?

 

Who knows.

 

Maybe my summer will become a surprising one afterall.

 

#PoofProblems

-Poof

3 Reasons Why Summer Can Suck

Before I can begin, I must clarify that I do enjoy summer. I mean why wouldn’t I? Everyday is a Saturday and every night is a Friday. All of a sudden everyone has this new youthful energy and so many spontaneous adventures! Not to mention, it is Grad Party season as well and who doesn’t love free food.  Everyone looks at Summer as this coveted season, like no other season can even compare. But just like any sought after celebrity, there is always something wrong with a “perfect” thing.  

 

3. THE HEAT.

 

I feel like I might be stating the obvious here with this one but it’s true. Summer can get HOT and If you grew up in a state that can have winter up until May, than I think you can imagine the shock that the heat brings to my body. I look outside every morning to see a welcoming sun. It’s shining bright and it’s saying “LET’S GO SEIZE THE DAY KID!” and I listen to this sun, hoping that he won’t deceive me again. But alas, he always does. I run outside only to find immense pay as my feet touch the pavement. “How is this possible?” I look up at the now blinding sun while falling into the shadows, a single tear sizzling on my face.

 

Ok that might be an over exaggeration but seriously this happens like once a week. Then I just go back inside and wait until the night falls.

 

2. Bugs on Bugs on Bugs.

you’re not cute can you not thanks

I really hate bugs. I understand that they are important to our fragile ecosystem but come on is there really a purpose for mosquitos? I am fine with bees, and I am fine with spiders, but mosquitos are seriously the bane of my existence. I already have acne, so I really don’t want more red bumps on my body especially in the summer. They just fly around at bonfires acting like they own the place and biting everyone they can.

 

So basically mosquitos are THAT person at a party that just needs to stop.

 

1. Not actually following through on any summer plans.

 

I always find it funny how at the end of every school year, people are always making really big plans for the summer. They pledge to all of their classmates that they will hang out with them and go on crazy adventures. We all have done that, even myself. However when I’m telling someone “Yeah let’s do something CRAZY this summer!!” deep down I know that I am probably only going to hang out with a handful of people during the summer. And it’s unfortunate, because after June I begin to miss a few of my classmates that didn’t happen to be in that handful. However, instead of reaching out to them I figure it’s too late in the summer to make a real connection. Stupid yes, but I feel like I’m not the only one that thinks that way.

 

So yeah. Summer isn’t some miracle season that everyone depicts it as. Still, summer can be a fun season. To quote an inspirational voice of our generation, “Summer belongs to you” – Phineas from the hit TV show “Phineas and Ferb”.

 

…

 

Oh man I need to get out of my house.

 

#poofproblems

-Poof