Hello Goodbye (The Obligatory summer post)

My usually messy room is now a barren wasteland. The drawers are empty, there is a void where the fridge used to be, and my TV is in bubble wrap. Contrary to popular belief, I didn’t sell my stuff off to quench my constant thirst for money (although if anyone would like to buy an unused safe and come get it from my room....). No, despite the fact that it snowed in Ithaca Saturday night, summer is upon us.

I have entirely mixed feelings about summer. On the one hand, there is being reunited with my family after being apart from them for a year. Believe it or not, I miss my dad’s weekly comic book runs and my mom’s constant need for technological help.My sister is graduating this summer as well, and I couldn’t be more excited for her. There are my high school friends, who I have missed more than I thought I would. There was a time when playing one more video game in someone’s basement would have driven me insane, now I haven’t played a console video game in nearly a year and am itching to do so. 

There is a job which most people wouldn’t find exciting, but I do because it means I won’t be sitting bored at home all summer. There is Lollapalooza, which will be my first trip out of New York State without my parents, and whose lineup makes me show the slightest bit of excitement (my equivalent of a fangirl scream). Oh and before that, I suppose there is my birthday with the fireworks and all. Is it just me though or does 19 really not seem like a big deal? Like, great, you’re a year between 18 and 20, who cares?

The negative side is that I will be away from Ithaca for three months. Freshman year may have been a lot of ups and downs, but I made a decent amount of friends here who I will miss a lot over the summer. Whether it’s something as ordinary as going to the movies, or as wacky some of the conversations that have happened at late night/in the lounge, you guys always makes me laugh. Hell, I will even miss the random intrusions by the cops at our dance parties during finals week.

It feels like just when I was getting settled in here, I am going away for a very long time. However, I leave very excited for sophomore year and all the things that will happen then.  I refuse to say “bye” to any of you, because I will see you in 3 months, when college has gotten a little more SOPHisticated for us all.