Those Summertime Blues

I noticed today that due to the uncharacteristically nice weather outside today, everyone was itching to get out of class and even more itching to be on summer break already. I cannot say I was not one of them, but it seemed extremely widespread. Something about the warmth of the sun beating down on you makes you get those visions of sitting on the sandy beaches, bathing suit clad, tanning it up, playing volleyball and diving in the sand to make that perfect save, or whatever those other kids do at the beach. Everyone around me today was dressed in good clothes, and I even bothered to put my makeup on for the first time since moving back on campus for the semester. But as it got darker, our dreams of feeling the summer heat beating down on us slowly began to fade, and it got colder, driving people back into their sweats and yoga pants. In some ways, I could not be happier that today is over, but I wish I could have seen the sun and felt the warmth a little longer than I did. It would have been nice to pull out a blanket and go lay on the grass out in the sun. But instead, the cold sent me dashing back inside to work out, dance, and attend to my studies before they get ahead of me and I lose all ability to keep up.