Ah, I’ve got school in 2 weeks. I have 3 books to read and report and a huge math packet to complete. Kind of stressing at this point.
I’ve worked my ass off all summer doing 50-60+ hour weeks for about 2months. I’ve worked a good part of my weekends as well. I’ve earned 2700$. I have nothing to show for it at the moment and 1200 left to spend. The other half I wasted on food and drinks everyday. I feel rather foolish, working my behind off, coming home so tired I sleep on my floor, just to waste it like nothing. I suppose it’s a lesson learned, I mean I could be finding this lesson out later on in life right, I’m lucky to learn in while still young at 15.
I haven’t ridden the unicycle at all, gained some weight, and can’t run half as far as I could before. It’s all that fast food and energy drinks I suppose. I really haven’t spent much time with my friends, probably 6 days total. I’m only visiting my mom for a week when it’s normally a whole months, partly because she was hurt and partly because I wanted to work. To bad I wasted all that extra money I earned not visiting her.
I’m left with less than half my earnings, a few pounds and an aching body… Where did summer go? Am I the one who had a disappointing summer?
Mine just really sucked though looking back on it. Like I said though, I can’t be to mad seeing as I had the awesome such and awesome job making tons of money, I just wasted it. I’m thankful i had that lesson now and not later on, plus some would die just to have what I do.
Looking back it wasn’t that bad. I spent alot of time with my father and really appreciate what he does for me, I never fully understood how hard working all day was then going to work on his house. I also spent alot to help out, around 500.
Judging by your 7,000 plus posts and a quick look around the forums, it looks like it went here.
I feel the same way however. I don’t think I can count the number of productive things I’ve done this summer on one hand. Curse this computer. Curse Nintendo.
My whole summer has basically been spent moving from Michigan to North Carolina my dad was working in North Carolina my older brother and sister were always gone and my little brother refused to do any thing so me and my mom packed the whole 2 floor house + basement and then i got stuck in a hotel room for 2 weeks when my mom was at annual military training and now i am stuck in North Carolina all day at my house and i have to babysit my little brother so i can’t go and hangout with my friends so all and all my summer sucked.
Daily food/drink expense add up fast. I tracked mine for a week once, had a big moment, and then started packing lunch. I figured that out of every work day, 2+ hours were being spent just to buy food/drinks. Brown baggin’ meals is so much cheaper, and can be much healthier. I’ve also cut down drastically my impulse buys.
I’ll be heading back to college in Texas on Friday. My summer was great. Although I suppose I could have earned more money, practiced my euph more, and unicycled more, I am happy…so why worry about wanting to change anything? I’m getting by financially, and I’m happy with that. No credit card debt at the end of the summer? Good to go.
I don’t wanna get stuck in a “grass is always greener…” mentality.
“The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by wanting more.”
well I am drawing in to the last 3 weeks of my last summer off ever, as I start work in the real world in september. I felt the same after every summer holiday but this time am still in a good mood from unicon and feeling like I actually got something done.
15 is indeed a good time to be learning these lessons, you’ve still got a whole load of summer holidasy ahead of you, particularly if you go to college. Had I had the same reflection at your age and acted on it I might now have actually got fit, got good at unicycling, or who knows what else. Write yourself a note for about 3 weeks in to next summer holiday, when you will have quite possibly settled in to the same rut again, reminding yourself how you feel now, and mabe you’ll avoid it next time.
well i have a total of 13 weeks of summer with 2 left and i had a pretty fun time. my unicycle friend lives just down the road from me so we got together like everyday. i taught some swim lessons and got like 300$. I was supposed to practice on my trumpet and do geometry but oh well. i need to do a book report on lord of the flies thogh by school
My summer was amazing. I’ve grown and matured so much this summer. No longer being shy is just one small example of what God has done in my life this summer. I just feel so blessed. This verse is oh so true.
Deuteronomy 4:29 But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Please seek him. You never know what you will find.
No, I spent the summer without one of my good friends, mynutsache. But I did have a job at a bike store with a bunch of funny guys so that made it seem a little unworse. I’m defanitly feeling for you.
I’ve spent the last 2 months away from home unicycling and I have had a lot of fun. If my summer was over tomorrow I would be happy with what I’ve done. Lucky for me I don’t go back to school until September 22
dude I hate to complain but my summer really was terrible. I had an uncle die, my best friend nearly killed himself in a bike accident, another uncle almost died, both my unicycles broke, two different x-box 360’s broke, and to top it all off its been raining most of the time. lol I’m not looking for sympathy, just saying overall my summer was crap… ah well, makes the transition back to school that much easier huh lol.
Me too, but i’m blaming the crud summer on the crud british weather.
I’m struggling to come to terms wiht the lack of holiday I am going to be getting from september as well… it’s almost like life becomes work. Only 20 days a year (+1 for each year I work)
I just realized that I leave for college on the 17th, this Sunday. Wow. I’m pretty happy with my summer…I’ve read a lot, and I’ve hung out a good bit with most of my friends, who I will not see for a few months.
This is probably a topic for another thread, but for the old(er) people who have wandered into this thread by a senility-induced mistake, how often do you see your friends from HS and college?
EDIT: oh, and props to you, wickedbob…you seem to have a really good attitude about things, as far as acceptance/moving on goes.
I realized my summer went nowhere when I saw how much footage we got. A whole 7 minutes worth. Woooo. And now I have 2 days to finish my ap psych homework.
