Ah ha! Take that, reader! You've been, uh, Blue Cheered!! You know, like the Rick Roll, where people send links saying it's something else but it's actually the video link to Rick Astley's song "Never Gonna Give You Up," except this is the Blue Cheer version...uh, never mind. I didn't think this long-winded and now completely unnecessary introduction through.

(Disclaimer 1 — Blue Cheer covered this song which was originally performed by Eddie Cochran, a brilliant rockabilly musician who died at 21 in 1960. Despite his premature passing, with time he has been recognized as one of the true greats, but fans like myself do lament what could have been. The cover image is thelyrics of Summertime Blues).

The point is this. Fall semester 2015 was tiring. It was my first semester in Campbell. The mercy that was winter break melted away faster than the pitiful snow we got in the state. Spring 2016 was even more tiring. Two down, and I don't know how many more to go. So why, then, am I sad over the fact that summer is finally here, in all its sun baked glory?

I think it's the fact that college keeps you driven, motivated and working hard for weeks on end, till it's all you know. It changes you. It definitely changed me. I remember being defiant in winter break when asked what I'd do over the summer. 'I'll do anything but college.' Clearly, I am not a man of my word as I signed up for organic chemistry over the summer, with quite a few of my friends as well. So there it was, then — my antidote to boredom, and a successful way to further the endeavor that is my college education.

(Disclaimer 2 — this photo is what I expect I will be doing in the lab component of the organic chemistry classes. Attire and facial hair growth may be similar in nature as well)

The human mind works in odd ways, the least odd of which may just be plain old hypocrisy. I was dreading the two and a half odd weeks I would have to spend 'goofing off' till organic chemistry started back up. I didn't want to do absolutely nothing and just watch Netflix all day. Although I have been doing it all these days, it took me a week to completely detach from the college mindset of 'oh no I must be forgetting all my assignments why am I not doing anything' to just try and relax a little. And now I look at the calendar, and wonder where all that time went. Probably fumbled away into ordering pizzas and pressing the 'Yes I'm still Watching' button on my Netflix account.

I dread hard work. Most people do, I think. College made me realize, however, that inactivity is worse than any opportunity to work at a chance of improving yourself and ultimately leading a comfortable life, which is something all people want. Therein lies the difference between summertime blues as a child and a college student. As a child, we yearn and long for the summer so we can have a chance to relax and not worry about school. In college, we look forward to summer as a way of getting ahead with coursework and experience building. Of course, we all miss the time we could spend relaxing. The knowledge that rest will be much sweeter when we eventually get it is what arms us and is an enduring motivator to keep on keepin' on.