If you are like me, you've been counting down the days until you move back in to your home away from home. You can't wait to be back with your friends on the campus where you belong. At the same time, there is a small part of you that isn't ready to leave your favorite places and friends from your hometown. However, as F. Scott Fitzgerald put it, "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." So, as we enter a new school year and, for some of us, a new chapter in our life, let us celebrate, not only beginnings and ends, but also these holidays.

1. National Ice Cream Sandwich Day - August 2nd

2. National Watermelon Day - August 3rd

3. Friendship Day - August 7thWhat would we do without them?

4. Sisters Day - August 7th

5. Book Lover's Day - August 9th

6. National S'mores Day - August 10th

7. International Lefthander's Day - August 13th

Lefty and proud.

8. National Relaxation Day - August 15th

For those of us that spent summer vacation working and taking summer classes, here is at least one day we should take off and relax!

9. National Tooth Fairy Day - August 22nd (and February 28th)

For those of you wondering if you can get anything for your wisdom teeth, this might be the best day to try -- just in time to get a little extra money to pay for those college textbooks.

10. National Dog Day - August 26th

I may not be a dog person (or much of a pet person in general), but how many people can say their school has a live mascot?!

11. National Race Your Mouse Day - August 29th

Whatever that means... hopefully you win.

12. National Toasted Marshmallow Day - August 30th

because National S'mores Day wasn't enough.

13. If these aren't enough, August is all National Picnic Month!