Dear arts fest, thank you.

1. Thank you for allowing me back to my favorite place.

By the middle of the summer, I am planning trips to go visit all the friends I miss so much. I am busy with summer classes, an internship, and a real job. However, I am in a deep need to get back to my happy place.

2. Thank you for blowing up my Instagram.

Shout out to all the people who travel every year for the Festival of the Arts. We enjoy our time together, we meet new friends, we reunite with old ones, and we take more pictures in one weekend than we do in an entire summer. There is nothing better than waking up from a nap after a long day and seeing all your favorite people in one place again.

3. Thank you for bringing me back together with my favorite people.

They say the friends you meet in college last you a lifetime. I would have to agree with that statement. The friends you can't wait to see during this weekend are the friends who will be there forever. However many miles away they live, you all come together for one memorable weekend in the summer.

4. Thank you for letting me pretend I am a summer session freshman again.

Thinking that I don't have that much longer at this amazing university is astonishing. I feel like I should be moving into my freshman dorm, rather than my junior year apartment. Walking down the streets in the summer and going to apartments for fun let me pretend the real world is farther away than it is.

5. Thank you for draining my bank account.

Arts fest is no inexpensive feat. The car, the parking tickets, the gas, the snacks, the beverages, and the occasional uber all add up. You think it is a weekend filled with fun at no expense. However, the lack of parking leads to a ticket, the food is costly because order up is the only thing you used, the beverages are always in demand, and the Uber surcharge is exorbitant. Despite it all though, it is worth it.