Summer: Day 1

 "There's a hundred and four days of summer vacation 'til school comes along just to end it, so the annual problem for our generation is finding a good way to spend it." ♩🎵♪

    If you recognize this lyric, you know that Phineas and Ferb don't struggle too much with this annual problem, because the song lists some of the many amazing things that Phineas and Ferb do during their extraordinarily long summer. 

    I just discovered something cool! I actually have a hundred and four days of summer vacation! I am counting today, the first day after I turned in my final assignments, until the day before the official first day of classes for the fall semester at UA. Wow, that is cool that it is the same as the song! I always thought that they had a really long summer, but maybe it was just because I had never taken the time to count the days in my own summer. Or my summers are longer now that I am in college. 

    Anyway, I am very excited that today is my first day of summer. I was really happy all day because the semester is over. It was a great semester, but I've been ready for a break. I've come to accept the fact that my summer will not be as exhilarating as Phineas and Ferb's. But this summer will still be exciting in the smallest, ordinary ways. You'll find out what I mean if you keep reading my posts. I think I'll be learning what that means along with you. I can't wait to see what the Lord has for me this summer. 

    I'll come back here every so often to write reflections about what God is teaching me, reviews about the latest thing I ate, or stories about adventures with my friends and family. Thinking about my blog posts that I wrote about my experiences abroad in Europe reminded me that I really enjoyed blogging. So, here I am again. I won't be here every day because that would be a hundred and four blog posts, and... that's a lot of posts. 

    Oh, also, feel free to comment. I'd love it if you'd join the conversation!


~Kthnxbai


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