It’s almost here: summer vacation 2016. I can practically taste the watermelon and feel the hot sun on my back. We are all ready to take this summer and make it one that’s unforgettable! The only thing is, if you’re anything like me, you will spend most of the summer lazily watching Netflix and eating peanut butter straight from the jar (don’t deny it, we have all been guilty of this). Instead of lying around on a couch all summer, let's do the things we have always talked about and never actually done. Summer is literally three months of nothing but free time and we should not waste a single second. So put down the peanut butter, turn off the laptop, and listen to your mom when she tells you to get up and do something!
1. Work out (like, a lot)
Get those gains. Sun's out, guns out.
2. Drink coffee at a hole-in-the-wall coffee shop
No, not Starbucks. Coffee shops smell fantastic, look fantastic, and generate happy vibes. Plus, they have endless coffee (aka God's gift to college students).
3. Get tan
Spray tans, sunless tanning lotions, lying in the sun -- the options are endless.
4. Eat an ice cream sundae with everything on it
Fudge, peanuts, strawberries, chocolate chips, Nutella, bananas -- literally anything is acceptable for this one.
5. Travel
It doesn't have to be somewhere expensive like Bora Bora ... but if you can, go to Bora Bora.
6. Visit your long-lost relatives
Uncle Joe from Kentucky misses you. Go visit (and maybe shoot some squirrels from the kitchen window with him; it's quality bonding time).
7. Volunteer
Preferably at an animal shelter. Who doesn't love puppies?
8. Have a lazy day
Sleep until noon, get up and watch cartoons, then go back to bed.
9. Do a craft
Splatter paint, pottery, tie-dye: so much fun and you don't even need any artistic talent.
10. Get dressed up and go out
This dress was too expensive to never wear, right?
11. Do something exhilarating
Skydiving, scuba diving, cliff jumping -- just don't hurt yourself.
H.A.G.S. (to all who attended middle school in the early 2000s).
