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THE STRESS | THE SEMESTER | THE FINALS | THE WAIT

IT’S OVER!

SUMMER

IS FINALLY HERE!

Lindsay Sayers
AS OUR LAST DAYS HERE
COME TO AN END...

WE ARE OVERWHELMED IT’S A LIFE THAT COLLEGE


WITH STRESS, ANXIETY, LATE STUDENTS DREAM OF, THINK
NIGHTS AND EARLY DAYS--ALL OF, AND YEARN FOR EVERY DAY
THANKS TO PUBLIC ENEMY NUM- FROM THE MOMENT THEY STEP
BER ONE: FINALS. FOOT IN A COLLEGE CLASS-
ROOM ON A LATE-AUGUST DAY.
IT’S THE FIRST THING
WE HAVE ON OUR MINDS THIS IT’S A LIFE THAT WE ARE RE-
TIME OF YEAR AND IT HAS WARDED WITH AFTER OUR LEV-
A CLOSE CONTENDER. SUM- ELS ARE TESTED, OUR BUTTONS
MER. IT’S SO CLOSE THAT WE ARE PUSHED, AND OUR BODIES
CAN ALMOST FEEL THE COM- ARE DRAINED OF THEIR ENER-
FORT OF OUR OWN BEDS AS GY.
WE SIT SPRAWLED OUT IN AN
EXPLOSION OF BOOKS, PAPERS IT’S A LIFE WHERE WE GET
AND PENS ON STRANGE, FOR- TO LIVE OUR LIVES BASED ON
EIGN COUCHES AND CHAIRS WHAT TIME WE WAKE UP IN-
IN BUILDINGS WE DON’T EVEN STEAD OF WHAT TIME OUR
WANT TO BE IN DURING DAY- CLASSES ARE OR HOW MUCH
LIGHT HOURS--MUCH LESS AT HOMEWORK WE HAVE TO DO.
NIGHT.
IT’S THE LIFE.
WHEN PROCRASTINA-
TION REIGNS AND OUR MINDS AND IT’S OURS.
WANDER TO THE WORLD OUT-
SIDE THESE FOUR WALLS, WE AND IT’S HERE.
LIVE A LIFE OUTSIDE IN THE
WARM SUMMER AIR, WITH OUR FINALLY...
FOOTSTEPS LED BY OUR FLIP
FLOPS, AND OUR SKIN BEING
KISSED BY THE SUNSHINE.
SUMMER IS ENJOYED FOR ITS
SIMPLICITY...

THIS TIME OF YEAR, IT’S ALL ABOUT THE SIMPLE THINGS

POPSICLES
SINCE CHILDHOOD, THESE DELICIOUS TREATS
ON A STICK HAVE ALWAYS KEPT US COOL ON
HOT SUMMER DAYS.

BEING ON THE LAKE


ON A HOT DAY, THERE’S NOTHING BETTER THAN
LETTING THE WIND WHIP THROUGH YOUR HAIR
WHILE THE WAKE SPLASHES AGAINST YOUR FEET.

CRUISING AROUND
ON A HOT NIGHT, YOU STILL FIND IT
PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLT TO BE OUT WITH YOUR
FRIENDS (PREFERRABLY BLARING MUSIC).

LAYING OUT IN THE POOL


SOMETIMES THIS IS THE SAFE SUMMER HAVEN
WE ALL REMEMBER BEING IN AS A KIDDO. THIS
WAS THE PLACE WHERE YOU COULD ALWAYS FIND
A GOOD TIME.
THE ONLY THING KEEPING US FROM THAT JOY-
FUL BLISS IS COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF STRESS
AND ANXIETY, LATE NIGHTS, EARLY DAYS
AND PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE.

SO EXCUSE ME WHILE I GO BEAST MY FINALS.


I HAVE A PLANE TICKET TO TAMPA WITH MY
NAME ON IT.

PHOTO SOURCES:
http://www.genuinekentucky.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Lake-Cumberland-Kentucky-State-Park.png
http://www.wbhs.k12.oh.us/webdesign/webkids2009-10/dschlueter/assets/Likes/LateNightDriving.jpg
http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/facilities/floating_pool_main_pic.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Beach_Sunset_at_Point_Chevalier_Beach_-_Auckland.jpg

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