The humid air hangs still with no breeze to compensate for the unpleasant weather condition. Sweat collects on people's faces and necks as they do some last-minute shopping. The last day of summer break arrives suddenly like a slap in the face, but it's tough to bring yourself back to reality. You don't believe that school begins the next day and instead convince yourself that it's just a far-away dream that will never come. Having adjusted to a routine of your own rather than one that gets you to school on time is something you don't want to let go of anytime soon. Although the transition back to waking up earlier than you can imagine yourself being able to is tough, there's a small part of you that's ready to go back to school.
In one word, the last day of summer break is incomprehensible. If I look back at my previous years on the last day of summer break, I can't seem to remember much. It's a big day for students that's disguised as another passing day, and the next morning after you wake up, you feel that summer is suddenly gone. It was just a time period of being carefree and calm that was bound to disappear one day. But when you suddenly realize that today is the day that you're dragged back into a world of responsibilities and assignments, you wake up.
You can compare summer break to a dream in the sense that everyone experiences it differently, but when it's gone, you suddenly can't remember the smallest of details. You try your hardest to relive every second of your break that brought you happiness, but time moves on as you have to. Suddenly you look to the future and tell yourself that there are only nine months until you can go back to that dream and change it.
You have to rub your eyes because you don't remember the last time you woke up this early. All of the good memories that happened in the last two and a half months flew by so quickly that you have the smallest feeling that maybe you didn't spend enough time savoring the good moments. The first day of school is a mixture of emotions that includes excitement, anxiousness and dread. Although you feel this way every year before you take on your first day of a new school year, the same feelings come up and remind you that not being bothered by work will be gone for a while.
There's a small message that comes from the end of summer break. It's a bittersweet feeling to see summer break go, but it tells you that time is always passing. There are always new places to go, new memories to make and new feelings to experience. It's all a part of growing up, and while you may dread the journey to the next summer break, in the end, you'll reach the destination of being unbound to responsibilities for a bit.
But patience is key. And the journey to the next year can always be fun.
