Summer is supposed to be about having fun, hanging out with your friends, and going on vacations. But you’ve already done all of that—so, now what? Here are all the times this summer you've wished it was over.
1) When you get sunburnt walking to your car
A seemingly harmless walk to your car turned into a scene vaguely reminiscent of a Michael Bay film. There's much heat in the air, you wonder if someone just filmed another Transformers sequel in your front yard. But nope, it’s just the massive sunburn you’ve acquired all over your body in less than four minutes.
2) When you re-watched every season of Friends… again
Trust me, as a devout Friends fanatic, I understand. But as lovable as each of them are, you can only watch Ross and Rachel break up and get back together again so many times before you snap your laptop in half. THEY WERE ON A BREAK.
3) When you got branded by your seatbelt
You got in your car, moved to put your seatbelt on, and all of a sudden you're hand feels like it's been slapped on a steaming hibachi grill. As you examine your sizzling flesh, you realize the one thing with which you've entrusted your entire existence has betrayed you; let’s hope the airbag comes through.
4) When your spray-on sunscreen turned you into a zoo animal
Okay, you’ve done the right thing. You wanted to get that golden-bronze tone all over your skin, but you also wanted to protect it. You slapped on some SPF 30 but your friends were already in the ocean. You ran in in to join them, and in about an hour you went from casual beachgoer to Marty the Zebra.
5) When you ran into the ocean to cool off but it was the same temperature as the air
You’ve been lying on the beach for a while now, and the water looks like it’ll be a refreshing break from the brutal sun. Unfortunately for you, that water is steamier than Jack and Rose’s love scene in the Titanic. After about thirty seconds, you decide you’d rather be sitting in the middle of the Sahara wearing a parka than boiling in this water like a box of rotini.
6) When you were so bored you rearranged your sock drawer for fun
You found every matching pair, even the ones that were “lost forever” in the depths of your mom’s Maytag. Enough said.
7) When you decided you were going to completely remove yourself from social media
Between the seemingly infinite number of “Hot Dogs or Legs?” posts, and “Sun’s Out, Guns Out” selfies, you’ve completely lost faith in humanity. You check your Facebook one more time, see another “Watch Me Whip” video, and decide you’re just gonna go off the grid for a while. No human contact, just you living off the land with your new pet mountain goat.
8) When you changed the station four different times and “Blank Space” was playing on all of them
We get it, Taylor Swift. You’ve got great handwriting. But please write his name somewhere else, and don’t tell us about it anymore.
9) When the (College) Freshman 15 turned into the (Summer) Freshman 20
You’re back home for the summer, and seriously, Mom? Another 4-inch high lasagna? Not to mention, for some reason it's become completely okay to have dessert with every meal. Sometimes I find myself eating a half pint of Ben & Jerry’s Chunky Monkey as a mid-morning snack. Well it's got bananas in it, so it’s basically a serving of fruit, right?
10) You end up missing your 3-hour binge study sessions
There are some things that seem like a good idea at the time. Like trying to drink a Slurpee through your nose, or watching Spiderman-3. But immediately afterward, you are left feeling exponentially dumber than when you began. This is similar to the nights you’d spend poring over your Chemistry textbook in the library with your buddies from Orgo. However, over the summer you’ve come to miss these nights, and you've found yourself longing to be amongst your suffering peers once more, working on your second paragraphs and third lattes as you watch minutes turn into hours, but somehow still have fun. But don’t you worry that pretty little head of yours; it’ll be fall before you know it.
