| Should summer be relaxing or exciting?
I posted something like this in the Summer forum a while ago, but I think I'd get more responses here.
Okay.... This summer, I have a week long scuba vacation and a ten-day long mission trip. However, the remainder of my summer has about two days to decide itself. I applied to an arts camp, Interlochen, for creative writing (with a drawing elective). It's a bit expensive and three weeks long, and while I adore writing and would love to do so in a setting as beautiful as Interlochen's wooded lakes, surrounded by brilliant peers.
My problem comes from that little nagging voice inside. I'm moving closer to the heart of the small town I live in, and this year (I'm a high school freshman), I've really opened up my social circle and let a lot of fellow townies in. There's definately a part of me that wants to eat Popsicles by the pool and play crappy video games in hyper-air-conditioned houses. I want to write but I don't want a summer that's too crowded. Also, if I don't go to Interlochen, I can't go to NY with my friend or see some really fun concerts. Okay, so I'm letting the little things get to me...
See, last summer I went to a three week camp as well, and I also had a week-long vacation. I did feel like my summer was a little shorter than I would have liked, but it was definately exciting. But at the same time, I didn't have a whole town to walk around in last summer, and my group of friends was a lot smaller. I guess I feel like I have the typical teen summer (and in some ways, last--next summer, my French class is going to France and I would love to do a creative writing camp then, as well) in my grasp, which is something I've never really had.
At the same time, I love love love writing and at a marvelous time at another camp for creative writing last summer. My mom's a bit bitter about the cost of the camp, because I was a little late applying and she didn't feel I was excited enough about it. My forms are mostly filled out now, ready to be mailed, and I don't know how I would approach her if I decided not to go.
Okay, so if you read all that, congrats. I'm sure it sounded mostly like "blah blah blah teen angst blah blah obnoxious" =) | 
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