Summer summer summer's gonna turn into fall..

[severin]

 Well, I'm finally willing to accept that it is, in fact, August.  Which means summer is slowly drawing to a close.  There are so many things I had plans to do this summer that I still haven't gotten around to.  It's kind of depressing.  Even though I know that this fall won't be much different from my summer (since I'm only taking one class), I can't help but wish summer would last forever.

Here's my list of things I want to do before summer ends:

• Go swimming! (preferably at a pool; who knows what lurks in the depths of Lake Mendota)
• Go to some sort of amusement park (or Ren Faire would be good too)
• Go to Chicago, see some friends
• Get a library card
• Spend a whole afternoon writing
• Purchase a watermelon.  Obtain bottle of vodka.  Cut hole in watermelon.  Insert bottle of vodka.  Eat.
• Have a picnic!  (Preferably with above watermelon.)
• Build a sand castle.
• Go bar hopping with friends (I actually haven't done this in several months)
• Drink beer on the Terrace (I planned on doing this all the fucking time over the summer, and I haven't done it since before finals week.)
• Finish research analysis so I can actually enjoy the last few weeks of summer without having it hanging over my head.

And one of the things that was going to be on this list-- obtain bike, go for bike rides-- I have just done earlier this evening!  It's a crappy rental bike, but it was only a $40 dollar deposit and I love it.  To fully appreciate the crappiness of this bike, you must understand two things: it does not change gears, and there are no hand-brakes.  That's right, you have to back-pedal to engage the brake.  I think it might actually be a little girls' bike, for very tall little girls.  (Like me! :p)  But I feel safe on it, which is the most important thing for a bike for me (I have always had tall bikes in the past and I've always been terrified I'm going to crash and die).  Yay bikes!