So long, so long. Hand out the window, just a flip of the wrist and I'm waving you goodbye.
Dashboard Confessional put it so well - it describes exactly how I feel. I'm in a car, heading toward the future. All I have to do is blink and I'll be starting my senior year. Wow Summer. You're just about gone.
I'll miss you. I'll miss your warmth and cheer. I'll miss that palpable aura of freedom that just seems to envelope people during their time with you. I'll miss all of the people you've been so kind in helping me get together with before they head to college. You're wonderful at bringing people together - which is possibly what I love best about you.
Sure, we had our hard times too. I mean, sometimes I just feel like you're too hot for me. I'm a pretty chill person, so I'm sorry that I've been so adamant about making sure how much more I like Autumn. But let's face it - she may be cooler than you, and she may be a bit prettier (in my opinion) but she comes with so much baggage! Where you're carefree and always so quick to run off, she can seem like a downer at times, and can kind of drag on and on.
You've helped me experience so many things, and I love your for that. Some not so wonderful like swimming through mounds of dead flies at the lake (is that your idea of a joke?! Disgusting.). But you redeemed yourself every time I got to sunbathe with Allison and Alexis or the time I got to sit on a bench in the middle of the forest in the pouring rain with Joe - those wouldn't have been possible without you.
Now you're almost gone - packing up, getting ready for Autumn to come and take your place. I've already seen signs of her- brown leaves here and there when she just seems to scatter them.
I'm going to miss you with your sunny disposition - but I'm not going to miss your hot-headedness. I've been burned by that too many times to count.
So have a good time going wherever you go. You'll be in Australia around Christmas, right? Send me a postcard! You've been good to me, I won't forget that.
See you next year,
Jess
