White Summer and Green Bicycle, Purple Hair with Black Guitar

My summer was very special in a way that it was exactly like last year, only, without the luxury of free time for myself. I spent the entire season with my lover. We skipped classes to go skateboarding, local cafes, karaoke, and nap together on sunny summer afternoons. I died my hair purple and listened to music using only my iPod. Occasionally, we read books and watched movies together. 

Then we moved out and spent a lot of time collecting things for cheap to furnish our new home, even my mother came to help. It was a wistful experience. And I have briefly faded from seasons of simpler times. Once you leave home, your parents soften as they slowly realize you meant it when you said you would go as far away as you could. Perhaps its due to age? I'm sure I'll never find out for myself. 

On another note, I feel solemnly distanced from people my age. I did my best to escape everything and everyone so that nobody could ruin my perception of time. In doing so, I have aged 5 years in 9 months. I have a partner whom I live with in a lovely neighborhood (mother likes to visit us sometimes) ,I am in college, I run adult errands and have adult responsibilities. This year was only a pretense. 

I plan to go as far as I can. The seasons change and now autumn refracts my familiar world. 

Really, it was lovely to enjoy my summer as a student.