Summer Vacation

It's a thing that every kid waits for, every parent dreads, and every working grown-up craves. It's three months of paradise for the under-18s and three months of hell for the adults. But why? During the nine normal months, students daydream of 3 months of pools, malls, exotic locales, and no homework. In reality, its 3 months of reruns, mosquitoes and isolation. It's not all bad though. For example, all the guys in my family go fishing in Canada for a week at one point (which always leads to hilarity and cursing) but is a great way to relieve stress. It's at times like that I really think that I'm getting just a little taste, a sample, a glimpse of the fantasy that is everyone's perfect summer.