the second that summer started i wish it hadn’t.

we went camping, about two weeks into the summer. it was ehhhh. it was also probably the last time we’d go camping with my grandparents because i had told my nana that thucquyen absolutely hated being forced to go with them and she said that we don’t have to come with them anymore and that we could find something else to do together.

when we got back, thucquyen and i were at home for a good two days before we left again. my dad and thucquyen went to florida and i went to ohio. i wanted to go to florida because i’ve had the great urge to jump in a pool but all the adults told me i’d be lonely and bored. but i would never be lonely with a pool and a speaker, and plus, at least i’d have a pool.

we also went to cedar point in ohio. it was fun. 10/10 would go again.

and then during like the secondish week of ohio, i got so bored. i was unbelievably bored out of my mind because it was just a cycle of the same thing over and over. wake up two seconds before lunch, play music, roy away, shower, maybe watch a movie, rot away, sleep, wake up. it wasn’t very fun.

another thing. it’s not fun when the adults turn something enjoyable into a chore. i sang with nam and bien ONCE, because they wanted me to and it seemed like fun. all of a sudden i’m being forced to sing until 3pm everyday. don’t tell me i look unhappy and emotionless. it’s because IM UNHAPPY AND EMOTIONLESS. the fun thing about hobbies is that you do them whenever you want to, whenever you feel like it. it gets ruined when someone expects you to do it because they want you to, rather than doing it because YOU want to.

im back home in arizona. i have had the most fun in the past four days than i have in the last two months away from home. and yes, that is solely because of the fact that i get to see my friends. i went to freshman orientation on friday and it was great. my friends and i went out to eat afterwards and get dutch bros.

it was perfect. i was having a blast. i could’ve been having a blast this entire summer. if i had stayed. yes, it’s hot as balls and it makes me wanna rip my hair out. but i wouldn’t mind the blistering heat one tiny bit, as long as i was in it with my friends. this is actually proven because i say outside that dutch bros in the heat with my best friend for like 2 hours just talking and it was a great conversation that i would do again over and over.

so yeah, when people ask me how my summer was, i tell them; yeah it definitely happened.