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It's August — Wait, What?

Things we always say we're going to do this summer but never actually get around to.

Libertina Brandt
Aug 22, 2016
Hempstead, New York
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It's August — Wait, What?
Coopers Corner

Tomorrow I leave for school, another summer down. As I was packing the car up I started to go through in my head all of things I did this summer vs. all of the things I told myself I would do. And well, I'll be honest, I definitely fell short. But what summer don't I? The conversations are the same when I leave school, everyone talking about all the amazing things they're going to do. All of the conversations are the same when I get back to school, everyone talking about all the things they didn't get around to doing.

Here is a list of some of the most common things we always say we're going to do but never get around to doing:

1. New Wardrobe

Every summer I always promise myself I'm going to buy all new clothes. Cute boots, new sneakers, finally new jeans etc. But every August I end up packing all the same clothes I came home with (with the exception of a few things my mom got me throughout the summer)

2. Concerts

It is always so disappointing at the end of the summer when the amount of concerts I went to I can count on one hand. Every year when Jones Beach come out with their summer concerts I'm on StubHub ready to buy tickets to almost all of them (but not really because I didn't start working yet).

3. The Beach

Can I be honest? I've been to the beach this summer two times. One of them shouldn't even count because it started raining twenty minutes after we got there but beach time is scarce so i'm going to count it. I always talk about how i'm going to go to the beach "literally every morning before work". That never happened, not even once. One thing lead to another I ended up working mornings, ended up being too tired for life after that and then it was August 19 so maybe next summer?

4. Trip Somewhere for Something

How many "we need to do that's" have been said this summer? I really couldn't tell you.

5. Catch up on Sleep

After a sucky week of finals I always rave about how when I get home for the summer I'm not going to wake up until it's time to leave again. But in reality I don't think I've gotten more than five hours a sleep a night this summer. At this point i'm banking on syllabus week.

6. Tan

It's actually embarrassing how much hype I make for how tan I'm going to get when the summer starts. I am whiter than I was during the winter. Ask me how that's possible? I really just don't know, thanks skin complexion.

Well, maybe next summer will be different. Who am I kidding, it absolutely won't be. Before I know it I'll be looking at my phone saying, "It's August—what?"

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