Growing up sucks. When you're a kid all you want to do is to grow up. Gaining more responsibilities in high school was great: You could drive and stay out past 10, or you could be a total rebel and break curfew. At 17, your biggest concern in the summer was avoiding bad tan lines.

Now, in college, summers are full of misery and fluorescent lights. Sure, you're older and can road trip and book hotel rooms, but more times than not your friends don't have the same schedule as you do. Most likely your friends' summers look like this: They are a) staying in their college town far away, b) interning 9-5 and are always tired after work, c) studying abroad, or d) working three jobs and trying to make enough money to last the school year.

Summer is no longer about relaxing and being a kid. Now we are entering "the real world." Internships are great, don't get me wrong, but there is more out there. You only have so many summers left to be a "kid" or something that bears resemblance to that. Before we know it, we'll be sitting under those dreadful fluorescent lights sending emails and (gasp!) making professional phone calls. As I am entering my junior year, I dubbed this my "last summer". This is the last summer that I won't be sitting in an office. I'm living it up. I took a trip to Colorado, I'm taking a road trip to explore a town three hours away, I've made trips back to my college town, and most importantly, I've lived pretty worry-free. If you're like me and choose the easy route this summer, enjoy the ride -- because come next summer, we're in for a rude awakening.