Alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon... Those were the sounds of yesterday as one of my good friends learned the Greek alphabet in preparation for summer intensive language school, which starts in a little over a week. Monday after next, the majority of my friends, a handful of incoming students, myself, and others will begin our summer language courses. Hebrew is the course on the docket for me. If you have never learned Hebrew, let me just tell you that it is terrifying. I looked at the alphabet yesterday in a futile attempt to get a head start and wanted to cry. It is nothing like anything I've ever learned before. First, the letters don't look like normal letters. Second, there are no vowels. Third, you have to read backwards. How am I going to survive 8 weeks of 6 hour days of Hebrew?
A question like this reminds me that I have grown up despite all of my attempts to hinder that process. My summers are no longer filled with childish games and carefree fun, but rather with work and studying. That is not to say that there is no fun to be had. I have had an enjoyable summer for the most part. Trips to the shore, board games, the zoo, catching fireflies, and other adventures have kept my summer from being completely dull. But as the summer slips away, I'm wishing I had gone on more silly adventures. This is most likely my last summer with significant amounts of free time. Next summer will be consumed by an internship and the summer after that is the start of real grown up life, whatever that means. It's amazing how quickly time flies leaving you standing on the edge of responsible adulthood before you are aware of how fast your childhood and adolescence have flown by. I miss the carefree days of summer that were eagerly awaited during the school year. If only I had recognized how quickly all of that would pass, maybe I would have taken advantage of it more. For now, it's back to the attempts to make the last few days of my summer last forever before jumping in over my head into Hebrew. Wish me luck!
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