August-the last month of freedom for the young student. for some it means that they will have to stop their summer job soon and go back to asking their parents for every cent they spend, for others it means that they can't sleep in that extra few hours after working late, while for some it is just a temporary end to boredom and after a week the boredom returns only now they are waiting impatiently for school to end again.

no teachers to tell you when and how to do the work they give you, no grades to worry about, no parents ending up angry over grades to worry about, no sack lunches or if your one of the unlucky majority no mystery meat to gag over. a few hours to do what you want without your parents home or anyone else to give you a schedule. and it's coming to an end.

it seems as though it was only yesterday when I sat in the over hot library in our school staring out the partly open window counting the hours till freedom. oh it had been weeks of beautiful weather and I had to sit in the stuffy library counting days, now I'm only down to hours.

then there was the long lull when all my friends were gone and I sat at home wondering what I should do with this freedom, I contemplated getting a job but then I would have to pay rent or so my dad said. what about running, that's always fun but that would mean getting up before the heat became so bad I would want to die. But I did get up and run, then I could spend a while practicing, and I did that too, but still I have hours of aloness. how does one deal with boredom and aloness.

Oh I know, I could type and type but the day is so beautiful outside and waiting for me to come out and roam like I did when I was younger. oh but my friends aren't here to roam with me and my sister is far away and can't come play. hmmm alone and bored. la la la I whistle away the summer.

now it is august and there is only one more month. then I won't be alone for hours. I will be under the thumb of a teacher some mean some nice other's are just wierd. oh how I will long for freedom again.