I am so incredibly sad that summer is coming to an end. This summer has easily been one of the busiest of my 19 years, but I loved it because it was so busy. Between working two jobs, summer classes, and traveling to a few different places I feel like it flew by since school ended in May.

I am going to miss working two jobs in the fall because of a full school schedule and also because the restaurant I work at closes for the winter. Working this summer has been incredibly wonderful and I am so sad to not see my work friends during the school year.

This summer I also got to hike Mount Washington for the second time with my best friend Emma and I have so many memories from that trip that I'll have nostalgia for over the winter. That trip was easily one of the best points of my summer because I really got to disconnect from everything and everyone for a few days which does not happen often. This trip also gave me the time to appreciate nature like I have not before.

I also got to travel to Philadelphia, the Outer Banks of North Carolina, as well as Long Beach Island. I went to these places with my parents and got to see a bunch of new places that I hadn't seen before as well as see some relatives on the way home.

During the first part of this trip, I got to see so many historical things in Philadelphia that I have been wanting to see for a while. I got to go to the Liberty Bell, the Museum of the American Revolution, and also Independence Hall. My favorite of those three places was definitely the Independence Hall tour. It was so informational and it was so cool to step in the footsteps of the founding fathers of America.

Not only did Philadelphia have a great historical atmosphere but the restaurants and coffee shops were definitely some of the best places for food and coffee I've been in my life. I definitely recommend "Menagerie Coffee" for caffeine"

In the Outer Banks, I got to see some historical things as well such as the Memorial for Wilbur and Orville Wright, which was beautiful. My parents and I also drove out to Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, which is the tallest lighthouse in North America. The view from the top of the lighthouse was incredible. While in North Carolina I also got to experience the best snack food ever, hush puppies. It's kind of an equivalent to a doughboy (if you're from Rhode Island), or fried dough.

I'm also going to miss summer classes because of the amount of time I had to get schoolwork done, which is something I'm going to have to readjust to during the fall semester. My summer classes were both so interesting and I learned so much taking them.

This summer overall was wonderful and I while I'm excited about school to start up again, I'm definitely going to be sad about summer ending for a while.