There are just four more weeks left of the semester. As summer approaches, it's hard to believe that this is my last summer until I am graduated, and off in the real world. It's hard to imagine that at this time next year, I will (hopefully) have a full-time job. Whether my new career will start in the place I've called home for all my life or a new city, I know that I will no longer be on summer vacation for the rest of my life.

"This will probably be my last summer at home" is a line I've been hearing quite often from some of my closest friends. Although it's sad to think that this will be the last time we are all together before we are real adults, I'm excited for what's ahead. I have fond memories with my friends in the summer, and they are some I will never forget.

Growing up, summer was about being out of school, endlessly playing outside with friends, and having cookouts with your family. There's nothing quite like a Vermont summer, from walks on the waterfront, to eating creemee's at your favorite stand. I have fond memories of going on boat rides on Lake Champlain or having pool parties at my best friend's house. It truly is the most amazing place to be during those warm three months.

Even as I have grown older, I still love coming home after every school year, seeing friends, and talking about how everyone's year was. After graduation, everyone left for different school, some in different states, but summer is the time where everyone always comes home. Although a lot of our time is focused on working, earning money, I think everyone agrees that you couldn't spend your summer's anywhere else because they wouldn't compare to Vermont summers.