The Stages of Summer

A guest post from my son, Henry.

No one is more excited about back to school than Henry.

Stage 1: You finish school, and everything is going good.

Stage 2: Lots of camps, vacations, everything is looking up. But you’ve forgotten that time flies when you’re having fun.

Stage 3: You should probably hang out with your friends from school. Actually, it’s alright you can stay inside and happily play video games. You’ll see them soon enough anyway.

Stage 4: Wait, back to school is soon?

Stage 5: Panic. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god.

Stage 6: Count your days. You look desperately at your calendar to see how many days you have left of summer.

Stage 7: You cry.

Stage 8: You stop crying and realize you still have three weeks left. It’s really not that serious.

Stage 9: Wait, Labor Day is in a week and school starts that week?

Stage 10: Time is running out. You try to delay it as much as possible. Before you can think, you’re back at school and getting in trouble again.

Stage 11: Final stage. You begin counting the number of school days left. Can’t be that many, right? 178. This is going to be a long year.