School has indeed been out for summer. But now summer vacation is winding down and the low-key, relaxing days of summer are fading away as the beginning of the new school year approaches. I always find that these last days of vacation are filled with cramming summer reading into few spare moments, trying to fit in activities that I have wanted to do for the entire vacation, beginning sports practices, and searching for time to relax before returning to the scheduled life of school. The commitments of school activities begin to reappear as more e-mails and text messages fill every possible inbox with important information and dates to mark on the calendar. It's also a time of setting goals for the innovative fall season and preparing for what lies ahead with new beginnings and changes.
But why is it that we think this far ahead instead of savoring the week and a half that is left of summer vacation? It's tough to live in the present and enjoy where we are at any moment when we aren't under the constant pressures of work and school. Life can easily become scheduled and lose all sense of spontaneity. And once we return to these positions, there is little to no time to honestly relax. So why not kick back for these two weeks before Labor Day?
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