This summer is going so much better than what I had ever hoped for, and I'm glad. It's an awesome start to my senior year. My group of friends and I work hard, but we also play hard, and that's the way it should be.
Things I've Learned (so far) This Summer:
1. You have to be a little tolerant of people you don't like.
Sometimes they're dumb. Sometimes they're annoying as hell. Most of the time you will want to shoot them, but none the less, you have to be patient with them.
2. The best way to make friends is to be yourself.
This one was kind of an epiphany. After 17ish years of trying to be whatever I felt was the latest attitude craze, I've learned that (some)people like me because I'm me. Novel concept, I know.
3. You do not learn ANYTHING from online classes.
To everyone out there still in school who may come across this, PLEASE take my advice. If you're taking a class because you want to get something out of it, take it for real instead of online because you will not learn a single thing.
4. Sometimes life gives you lemons.
My new swim coach is a dick. I wouldn't put that out there unless it were true. I have never met someone so bad tempered in my entire life. But, after swimming for this long, it's not like I can just quit - in short, I'm dealing with it, and trying to roll with the punches.
Lastly, I'll leave you with a picture of my friends and I after completing the Motor City Mile. It's an open water swim off of the Belle Isle beach in Detroit for charity benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation. There are three options, the 1/2 mile, the 1 mile (which was our choice), and the 5k.
