First day number 17

For the 17th time of my scholastic life I had the ever feared first day of class. The first day of kindergarten I got into trouble because I started to build a sand castle on the nicely carpeted floor. Grade 4 I threw up in a garbage can on the first day because I wasn't feeling well. Grade 7 first day I made a new best friend. Grade 8 First day I had a fist fight with that very same friend. Grade 9 first day I was the shyest kid and did not know anyone, and when attendance came I said present and sure enough my voice had to crack. Grade 12 I got asked to leave 2 of 5 classes for talking to much and being a disturbance to the class. And lucky first day number 17 was filled with being late for the first class, making an ass of my self in my second class and not being the biggest fool there, 3rd was apparently time for a nap and the 4th class for the day was filled with notes and an unfortunate bloody nose that came outta nowhere. Really It was just another first day. I was never one of those kids that loved going back, but in that same respect I never hated going back either. The only thing that the first day of class symbolized to me each of the 16 times before was the last day of summer. Sure officially summer was not over but The free days and late nights immediately turned to long days of obtaining knowledge and early nights to cut down on naps in class. And for the 17th time it is not all that different, with the obvious exception to a few things. I, for the first time, am pumped for school to again begin! For the first time I look back on my now completed summer and have not a single regret! I did everything I wanted to do...It was a summer filled with many great accidents and impulsive moves, traveling and days of doing nothing, taking chances and getting back up after I had been knocked down. This first day of class just ends a great chapter in my life and it now means that next summer is just that much closer...I can almost feel the sand between my toes and sun tanning my skin to a nice evenly bronzed tone!