Summer Days Are Here Again!

‘Tis that time again where students finish up their final exams and give shouts of glee, or try to forget about how much of a slaughter this round was. Everyone is tired and ready to walk the stage or take a break for summer.

Or maybe you’re one of the souls who has chosen to continue the work this summer with The University of Texas at Tyler or your local community college. That’s cool too, and I wish you all the best. I was supposed to visit Japan this summer with GATE here at UT Tyler, but my plans fell through. It was sad, but I’m okay with it.

I’m on the precipice of a summer full of new things and I can’t express how excited I am to have a break from academia for a little bit and focus on work and leisure for just a little while during the time I attempt to work out the kinks in my career path that showed up this year (see this blog for the previous episode in that saga). I’m so ready for a moment to breathe, and I know all of you are, too!

Here’s a list of things I’ll be up to this summer:

• ! Working here and blogging with you all!
• ! Earning some monies to do other fun things (or pay for college next semester, that’s good too)
• ! Paying some much needed attention to my poor neglected Book Blog
• ! Read more amazing books!
• ! Go to schliterbahn. I have to. HAVE TO.
• ! Visit friends and family around Texas
• ! Go to California for a weekend in August
• ! Plan a vacation to Portland with two of my best friends
• ! Spend time with said best friends and other ones too, new and old.
• ! Play me some video games!
• ! Get to all the other neglected things that need my attention this summer.

Yup, that’s a really long list. What about you guys?!?! Ready for the long summer days and time for leisure?