You know, I never did like summer vacation, or even winter break. While I already didn't fit in with my peers in the regular K-12 education system, I felt even more separate from everyone else when breaks were approaching because everyone
except me was getting excited. If anything I tended to dread the coming break. My life revolved around school, and every activity (except church) had something to do with it, so during the breaks, suddenly I had nothing to do and no one to see. Everyone had their summer plans for fun things, but I never had anything to do. My family may or may not spend a week or two visiting grandparents, but there were still weeks of summer to try to fill with...something.
Anything.
High school summers were better because I was a member of the marching band and that took up most of the summer. It was lovely because the band was good, so I could be proud of being part of it and what we were doing. Band was one of the best things in high school, and I'm sure that it helped keep me alive through high school, including the summers.
The summers now that I'm in college are rather...bad...*sigh*
For me, I spent all my summers in interesting places - but what I dreamed of was spending the summer back at home, being able to visit my friends. I don't know if that could have been a reality, but I like to think that is what would have happened. Of course, in truth I would probably wind up much like you - stuck without people.
ReplyDeleteIt's part of what worries me about growing up - life from here on out is like a summer with work. I worry about being isolated, not seeing friends, not having much to do.
On your end of things, perhaps summer is the perfect time to make contact with everyone who lives in Phoenix, and make better friends with them?