Less Than 24 Hours Crunch

You remember being a kid and how even though summer was fun and you could do that forever, you're kinda excited for the new school year? No? That was only me? I'm a nerd? Oh, okay. Either way, I have that feeling right now, which is a feeling I stopped having after my first year in community college.

I know what I'm wearing for the first day of school... I have my school supplies... I'm taking cereal to school to snack on because I can... I feel pumped but at the same time nervous. It's the same nervous feeling I'd get starting a new school as a kid... And I grew up in a family of modern day nomads, so that happened a lot. Will I make any new friends? Will my teachers like me? I actually find my situation adorable.

I also find it comparable. That may be confusing, but I realize that I can compare my experiences with various members of my family. There's my brother who's in the middle in my family who is also a junior in college, but has been in college for like 7 years. There's my youngest brother who started his freshman year of college this year after a four year break from high school. Then there's my cousin who is just fresh out of high school and starting her freshman year in college, hoping to finish in four years. My Van Wilder brother and I were traditional students once upon a time, so it'll be interesting to see if our cousin follows our path or finishes like most traditional students do. It'll also be interesting to see how each of our years are going.

I'm so excited I won't be able to sleep. That's how it always is the last day of summer vacation for me. And it's been five years of summer vacation.