ISSUE #12 - SEASONS

Summer is when you eat fish and chips by the beach and watch the sunset. It’s the season for sunsets and when Instagram becomes inundated with sunset pictures. I am myself, guilty of spamming with beautiful sunset pictures.

Summer is the time when you relax and spend quality time with your love. Summer is when you’re attacked by flies and become very agitated with their presence. Summer is when sleep is lost and uncomfortable and money is earned seeing as there’s no school or university.

Summer is when you can say ‘Summer Vibes’ in your best British accent possible and not be ridiculed for it.

Probably not true though. Summer is when you resemble a tomato and when your mum disapproves of the proportion of red skin on your body. Summer is when you use SPF 50+ and still get burnt to smithereens.

Summer is the time for planning and creating. Given the amount of free time. Whether you’re planning a day out, how to get off work to hit up the beach or see your mates. Summer is when everyone plans to get ahead with university work and be that A++ student but really, they soak in the beautiful weather and that aspiration gets slowly forgotten about.

Well, in my case. Respect to those that stick to it.

Personally, summer is when I use up many SD cards with an abundance of the same sunset, park or overexposed sunshine image and use about 4 of them. It’s when you plan those illustrious trips you’ve always wanted to go on. Or it is also when you go on those trips. Summer will be when I work 4 times a week at a bowling alley, longing to be outside, so I can afford to see Melbourne and New Zealand with a very special and beautiful woman.

Summer is that time when you chill and relax. It’s when you evaluate the year and make resolutions that you may or may not follow. It is a time when everybody deserves to be happy and loved. Summer is when you appreciate those around you that have made your year one to remember. There’s a person in my life that has done that for me, and she knows who she is.

Summer is when you lounge about, absorb the rays and UV (not