Friendly Visits
Oh August, I both love and hate you. I love you because you are still considered summer.
I also hate you because you’re so close to the semester. In many ways, I’m looking forward to the semester because I will see my colleagues, I have a great time teaching, and this may sound strange, but I’m looking forward to a more structured schedule. However, the beginning of the semester means the end of the summer and a big let down for me as it usually happens that I am not able to finish all the great plans and projects I had lined up for the summer.
August, you are also a time to visit with friends and this is another reason I love you. In general, summer allows me to return to a normal life in many ways. I get my weekends back. I sometimes spend week day evenings doing fun things. Days are spent on house projects. Get this, sometimes we even take a vacation! I know, crazy. So, I like to take advantage of this last month before the semester starts to get in one last visit (or in many instances, just one visit) with my friends. In the end this works out very well because dinners with friends and long weekends are a nice break from the stressful weeks leading up to the semester.
