To start this, I'm going to be 100% honest and let everyone know that this summer hasn't been at all like the movies. With less than a week until I start my junior year of college, I can't necessarily think of a monumental event that has occurred for me this summer. As I'm preparing for this wild semester and a new year, I'm okay with how this summer has turned out.

As young adults, we're led to believe that summer is supposed to be this amazing two to three month period in our lives where we all get wild and have fun. I won't lie, I did have fun with friends this summer, and I managed to make some pretty great memories, spending time with some amazing people. I also saw Harry Styles in concert and danced the night away watching my childhood crush perform in the flesh.

When I finished school and started summer in May, I had this whole picturesque idea in my mind: going to the lake with friends, concert after concert and finding a summer love. But it didn't really end up like that. I wouldn't say that I was let down by summer, but lowering my expectations was necessary. I thought THIS summer was going to be cut out for the movies, and, in all honesty, I was wrong. If I could take the footage of this summer and make it into a 30-second trailer, it would consist of driving around in my friend's car, Harry Styles and failing my driver's exam.

I wanted this summer to be amazing and one for the books that I would remember for a lifetime. A summer where I met the love of my life and we adventured around the city and fell in love. A summer where my friends and I would go to the lake and forget about time. A summer where I was eating great food with great people and explore the wonderful Twin Cities. Summer didn't really end up like that, unfortunately. My social life faded away while the countless hours I spent at work attempting to save money for school built, leaving me with a rather unmemorable summer.

Maybe I did put summer on an incredibly high pedestal that couldn't be reached, but I learned a couple of things. I met some amazing people this summer that taught me so much, I also had to say goodbye to a few great people I've known over the year. I shaved my head this summer, and I learned that I actually hate having hair. Also, I save so much time getting ready in the morning now. Wow, is all I can say, I've cut my showering time in half, to say the least.

I'm not going to hype summer up and act like it was amazing, but it was decent. When I say decent, I mean I worked almost every day and attempted to hang out with my friends, which was hard as it is. I've realized that as the years go on and I become an adult, it's kind of difficult to make plans with friends. Everyone is busy with life and work, and sometimes it's impossible to spend a couple of hours with the people that mean the most to you. Summer wasn't awful, but it's time to say farewell to summer, at the moment.

Hey summer, this is to you, and only you: thanks for the memories, friends and countless hours melting in the hot sun. You did okay bud, but maybe next year I'll have better luck. This is not a final goodbye, because you'll come along like you were never gone. So, see you later dude, I'll be welcoming fall with open arms.