Day 4: The Beach and My Emotional Crisis

Today Sean roped me into going to the beach. It's not that I dislike the beach, he just wants to ALL THE TIME, so I have gotten very used to declining. This week, however, declining was not an option. So we loaded up the car and went off on our beach adventure. It's not too hot out, the waves are gentle, and it's not crowed: perfect conditions. I start to slowly wade out while he runs and dives in head first flailing all his limbs as he goes. We swim and float around and eventually start to talk about college. It seems that nowadays college is the favorite topic of conversation with pretty much anybody. In a passing thought I consider how much I'm going to miss going to the beach and then all of a sudden I start thinking about all the things I'm going to miss. I've been putting off thinking about all of the non-happy parts of leaving for quite some time so this kind of hit me like a ton of bricks. It made me realize how much I take for granted. I have incredible friends and a wonderful hometown and a million and one little luxuries that I won't have come the fall. I've heard everyone has a "leaving home" crisis before they go to college and I think mine just started.

Moral of today's story: Take advantage of being home while you can.