Alright, so, it’s August 18th, and I’m sitting at my desk at work. I had some work from 8:30 to about 10:30…and then nothing. That’s pretty much par for the course, but I guess it’s better than doing nothing for the WHOLE day, yeah? Anyway, I recently saw this post by my good friend Matteo, and I figured I would take him up on his invitation, and write my own grade for the summer. Tomorrow is Friday, but there is still a week left after that before my summer is essentially over. All my friends are working, however, or are otherwise busy with other commitments, so yeah, summer is done. Going places to do things is not fun when you go by yourself, obviously. But, regardless, let’s grade the summer…why not?
Social = 7/10
Socializing is…well, pretty self-explanatory. It’s just the time you spend hanging out with people, doing nothing else BUT hanging out. I am not including all the time spent doing stuff for exec with other people, because that’s work, not hanging out. Still, however, I did do a lot of social things with my friends, both in Scarborough and with my friends downtown. I formed stronger friendships with old friends, forged new ones with new people, it’s a lot of fun. I got to see every movie I wanted to see this summer, all in theatres, and most of them at midnight (Captain America, Harry Potter, Thor), so, yeah, the social aspect was pretty fun. I also started using Twitter, which has also grown on me. 7/10 strikes me as a good score, especially considering during the last few weeks, the social aspect of my summer took a nose dive into a pool full of rusty nails.
Productivity = 9/10
This aspect, for me, is basically just…what did you do this summer that actually made a difference in your personal life? As in, how will what you did this summer better your position in whatever it is that you’re doing later on in the year/in life? Well, after getting a job that was paying less than half of minimum wage, I got a far better paying job at a bank…but, the reason I’m not putting a perfect 10 would be because I literally do nothing at this job. I started in June, and since perhaps the second week of July, I have done nothing nor have I learned anything. I made a lot of money, for me, which will help me when I’m living downtown next year, so in that regard, productivity was high. I still have a few more paychecks coming my way, which is nice, but still, no learning/no actual doing stuff on the job = less productivity.
Events = 6.5/10
Let’s see. I went to four Jays games (all of which the Jays won, against the White Sox, Mariners, Orioles and Rangers, in that order…the last game of which I saw Roberto Alomar’s jersey get retired at the stadium, with him there), one Argos game (in which the starting QB got knocked out of the game in the first quarter in a loss to the Blue Bombers), trolled the crap out of my friends while watching the VanLoser CanSucks get slapped up in Game 7 by the Boston Bruins…though, that’s it. I went to a party earlier in the summer, which was fun, and then nothing happened for the rest of the summer, outside of those sporting events. I’m not saying they weren’t fun, because each event in-and-of itself was super fun, and I would do them over again in an instant. It was just that…well, nothing really happened outside of that. I didn’t go anywhere, I didn’t leave the city, I rarely ventured outside of Scarborough and the downtown core (although, going to see Rebecca’s game in Etobz was super fun). Indeed, this week even brought DOWN the score, with my pet rabbit passing away followed a family member passing away, followed by a few other intensely stressful and upsetting things. The score I gave it seems reasonable given how I felt things panned out, so, yeah. Woo!
Rest and Relaxation = 2/10
Easily the least restful and relaxing summer ever. A job, funerals, VUSAC meetings, judiciary meetings, Orientation Exec meetings (which last past 12am most nights), and Ramadan, which (when fasting) saps me of all energy (thanks to not eating or drinking all day). Follow up that with Mature and Transfer Students Orientation and Commuter Orientation which, while fun, definitely were exhausting and required a ridiculous amount of preparation for, especially the specific grunt work duties that I had myself. I don’t regret doing any of those things (well, except for the funeral), but not regretting it doesn’t equate to having a restful and relaxed summer. Perhaps the most restful thing I did was play through Borderlands, but that really just ended up being 2-3 hrs a week; every other day, the routine was wake up early, go to work, finish at 5pm, go back to Vic, have a ton of meetings, do some work, get home at 10-11pm, go straight to sleep, and then rinse and repeat until Friday. Even some weekends I had to get up early, for whatever reason….bleh. At the end of the day, it was not restful or relaxing in the slightest. With O-Week itself coming up, which I LOVE but is also a lot of work, the rest/relaxation will only get less and less, and then the school year starts. Huzzah!
Overall Total: 7 + 9 + 6.5 + 2 = 24.5/40 = 61.25% (C-)
You know, that’s actually incredibly accurate to my overall feeling of how the summer went. If I was a little more generous and made the 7 an 8, the 9 a 10 and the 6.5 a 7, at max the summer would be 27/40, or 67.5%...a C/C+. Even that is fairly accurate, though I feel the 24.5 is more accurate, really. I made money which will help me out in the longer run of the next year, I hung out with my best friends, I went to some really fun sporting events…but, the negative, I worked a LOT both at my job and with extracurriculars, (the latter of which I still love) learned little to nothing while doing the former, and some pretty annoying and ridiculous things happened towards the end of the summer.
I’m hoping next summer will be better. I’m applying for Co-Chair of Orientation Week, possibly with Carrie if she is down, and that’s something I LOVE doing (I love doing Orientation Week/Co-Chair, not Carrie...get your minds out of the gutter), PLUS you get paid for it. Yes, please. I also am going to go to the Star Wars convention next year as well…that’s going to be awesome, and so I’m excited for it. Woo! Still, that’s a year away…but, who knows, maybe the year will be fun. All I know is that in the first few weeks of September, I’m moving into a new house (after the crazy-but-fun Orientation Week) with my friends (including one of my BEST friends), throwing a party, and then going to see the Patriots play in person. It’ll definitely atone for the subpar summer…at least, I hope it will =P
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