The month of August. It's a month that has different meanings for everybody. For a college student like myself, it's the last month of summer break before the fall semester, a warning that summer break is soon about to be over, and to get your final memories of summer in your life. Until the next one that is. This is also the time that people dread going back to school or work or whatever it may be.
But August is also a good thing too. August is the month that college students also pack for going back. Packing itself can be fun, going through the clothes you'll take back with you, but it becomes a major pain in the ass when you have to carry all of it from one place to another. Nevertheless, it'll soon be the time to wear long sleeves, jeans, crew-necks, boots, and hoodies again.
Once you're finally back at school there are things to look forward to. Challenging and interesting classes, living in a new dorm residence, and seeing all of your friends again, who've missed you just as much as you missed them over the summer. There'll be more nights of studying, exam taking, eating at the caf or going out to eat, and more socializing on the weekends.
The fall sports teams will start their seasons and the lively atmosphere of a sports crowd will return once again, where the teams hope for a championship season. Intramurals will be back and will give a sense of relief for those who are stressed out from the long, studious weeks.
August is an overall bittersweet month. When it comes to the weather, I always thought it was the hottest month of the summer; as it turns out, July could actually be the hottest. August was when I used to go down to the Outer Banks in North Carolina. I used to go for two weeks as well. Now I can't go in August anymore nor for two weeks, because of recent summers with my soccer camps (when I was still trying out for the high school team) and now that my brother has band camps for Upper Moreland's marching band.
August is also a time for us to move on into the next period in our lives. It's a "connecting" month of the summer months into the fall and winter months. I'm more of a fall and winter person, so I am definitely looking forward to the fall and winter. While it'll be another fall and winter and despite the potential unusual weather like it was last year, this fall and winter will be a little different and have more meaning for me. Including the month of August, the upcoming fall and winter will be my last fall semester at Widener University.
