A year ago, if you had asked me if I would ever take summer classes, my answer would have been a resounding “No!”. After all, how can one imagine going to school during summer vacation, which is normally associated with sleeping in, going to the beach, and just relaxing in general?

Now that I’ve started college, it’s pretty much rules my life. While a three-month long vacation sounds amazing, it also sounds like a very, very long time. I actually don’t know what to do with all that time, and while I never would have thought I’d want to be in school in the summer, I may just have changed my mind.

Not only would talking summer classes keep me busy, but it’ll allow me to cover credits faster. While I don’t want a full schedule, I think that I can benefit from a class or two. It’ll keep me out of the house (yep, still living my parents), and keep me busy.

I’m still torn over this, though. I wanted to use this summer mainly to practice driving and finally get my driver’s license or finding a job. The driving I might still be able to do, but I think that keeping a job in the summer would be difficult once the new school year starts and I have to be a full-time student again.

It’s funny, because these are the types of decisions I didn’t need to make in high school. I thought life was hard in HS, but it actually wasn’t. I didn’t have to think about working or driving or whether or not I should take classes in the summer. My life was based on what I had to do, not what I wanted to or would have ton decide to do.

I honestly think this is just the beginning of adulthood. It starts with a decision.