We all love the beginning of summer because you’re looking forward to all the exciting activities approaching in the upcoming months. For me, going “down the shore” (yes, I’m from New Jersey) was my favorite activity in the summer when I was growing up. Now, since I actually live down there, well...it’s paradise. Going to the beach, the amusement parks, any and all water activities is what I live for in the summer.

I was just parasailing with my friends for the millionth time, but this trip was a little more exciting than past times, to say the least. For one, the instructor was gorgeous. Secondly we almost landed on a group of stingrays. Now, you can imagine our panic and how we were screaming to be lifted back up. We came as close to three feet above the stingrays before they finally heard us and lifted the shoot back up. That was a very eventful day.

All this excitement sometimes gets pulled down when I think about how July is almost over and school is just around the corner. Don’t get me wrong, I love going to school, reuniting with my friends and having a little freedom away from my parents. But I sometimes wish summer never ended and I could sip my drink by the pool and then go out to the boardwalk for a great summer night, every night. The best time of the year, hands down is summer. Everyone is so happy, energetic and up for anything. Thinking about what is coming up in the fall, like papers, cold weather and of course the 50th snow storm the north east gets, really annoys me, but I guess that’s why I’m so excited in May when I come home from school: I have nothing but clear skies and time to waste.

I will always love summer because after all that hard work from those crap semesters of college, coming home to see friends and family and doing some pretty adventurous or lazy activities is where I love to be. For now, I’m pushing all those thoughts to the back of my head and getting ready for the next summer activity — So you can find me at the beach.