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Summer starts at 21 of June. However, since I only finished my exams at the end of July, I am practically on vacation since three weeks ago. I am happy for having some weeks to get some rest and recharge batteries for a new year on University.
Summer is my favourite season of the year. I love going to the beach and swim, eat some ice cream with my family at the end of the day, catch up with my favourite TV shows, go to the cafe with my friends and talk for hours... basically, have some fun. Truly, I am currently on Madeira, which is essentially the perfect place to be on Summer: the weather is perfect, barely raining.
One of the things that I like the most in this season is the Gastronomy: is the ideal time to opt for a fresh salad, seafood, to eat our favourites ice creams (so many good flavours to choose!), to eat the delicious fruits like strawberries, cherries, melon, watermelon, peach… and lastly, to drink refreshing drinks: Coca-Cola, Fanta, lemonade, panache (or shandy), Slurpees… well, you get the idea.
Every year I tell myself “this summer I will enjoy the maximum. I will get out every day, do exercise, be social and be active”. Nevertheless, every summer is a fiasco in terms of my plans.
Here you have some examples:
Reality – “Nah, tomorrow I will make some plans, today I am not in the mood, so I am staying at home and watch TV series”
Expectation – “Since I have some free time I should learn something useful for my future”
Reality – “I will only see something on the internet and after that maybe I … oh it doesn’t matter, I am on holidays anyway”
Expectation – “I should probably be in shape and start doing exercise"
Reality – “Maybe tomorrow”
Expectation – “I am an adult now, I have to learn how to cook properly”
Reality – “Nop. Cookies and sandwiches are good as well.”
Ahah, well, maybe this summer will be different, who
knows?! Likewise, for this weeks I have some goals besides sleep, eat, rest,
watch TV series, read, and go to the beach. I would like to keep learning a
little bit of Italian and start learning the basic things in Latin. Furthermore,
I will also take the code off the road.
In conclusion, I am going to recite Francis Scott
Fitzgerald: “And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on
the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction
that life was beginning over again with the summer”. In my opinion, Summer is a
fresh start from the rest of the year.
How is your Summer going?
Are you having fun?
Are you achieving all of your goals?
I hope you're having a lovely Summer!
Mariana
Nunes
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