Summer (so far)

We're 3 weeks into summer vacation now, and I'm realizing I need to pace myself a little here. The gun went off, the race started, and I gave it all I had this month. All days filled with "yes, let's do it". I can't help it. I kind of feel like an overenthusiastic puppy. Jumping, panting, chasing my tail, looking for someone to play with. Hey, want to go to the park? Hey, want to go to the beach? Who wants to have a water balloon fight? Let's go! Let's see! Let's do!

The earth must be shifting. Or Saturn is crossing over Jupiter or whatever it means in the planet world when things are miraculously out of the ordinary. I know this because I've kept up academically, socially, and personally all at once for... wait for it... two. weeks. straight.

And now that I've got this groove going, I'm obsessed with not losing it. Like, if a teacher at the summer institute at my high school shows us yet another video on graduation requirements--the same thing I've been seeing and consequently memorizing for the last 3 months--I compulsively write down everything I hear, like how the UC college system requires 4 years of math while the CSU college system only requires 3. And if I see that I have a single message or tweet, I jump to reply even if it's completely irrelevant. And if I'm bored and I have a perfectly good reason to just watch TV or do nothing important, I instead spend that time pursuing writing or taking pictures. Or asking everyone I meet if they want to go to the beach or the park or have a water balloon fight, respectively.


I've signed up for different courses, started learning 2 languages, found tickets to another country, researched countless things, and read 4 books. Oh, and I graduated middle school. That was cool.

But I already know all of that is going to catch up with me very soon and I'll have a mental, emotional, and physical break down all at once. It'll all blow up in my face, and I know this because it's happened enough times that I can expect it. BUT, for now I'm accomplishing a lot. I await the impending doom.

I need to simmer down a little. There's a long race left to go.

Have a good week :-)