I wish it were the beginning of Fall

So, yesterday was Summer Solstice and officially the first day of Summer.
That means it was the longest day of the year. In Fort Mcmurray that meant:
Sunrise: 4:33 a.m.
Sunset: 10:22 p.m.
Total time of daylight: 17 hours and 49minutes (this means it was only dark outside for about 3 hours.)

The above photo is what it looked like at 10 p.m. and it looked pretty much the same at four in the morning. This crazy amount of daylight has made it impossible to sleep the last few days. I feel like I'm 6 again and I'm being forced to go to sleep at seven p.m., but I can't because it's still bright out and Wheel of Fortune is on (for some reason I remember being really upset I was missing Wheel of Fortune, I still love that show by the way). I'm sadly not living in beautiful San Diego, California anymore, I don't have a curfew anymore, and I can watch Wheel of Fortune if I want to, but it's still that same weird feeling of not being able to sleep even if my eyes are covered, because I know it's still bright out.

I think I am the only person that wishes Summer would hurry up and Fall would come. Fall has always been my favorite season. I used to love Summer when I was a teenager, but the older and older I get the less I like Summer. It's not fun because it's usually too hot (especially in Texas where it is common for people to die in the heat), I feel frumpy and overheated in my modest summer clothing, and I now avoid the sun at all costs for fear of what it will do to my skin. I got my first sunspot on my 21st Birthday in Hawaii and have avoided the sun since (or slathered on the sunscreen). I am also afraid of getting skin cancer since it runs in the family.

I just love everything about Fall. The weather, the clothing, and how everything seems like a fresh new start. And I can't wait to get out of here and get back to America, have a cellphone again, have friends again, finish up school and get a job. And I am looking forward to this new show to come out. Yay, Zooey will be on TV.

So, I only have to last 72 more days up here. The first 8 months of 2011 might be/have been kind of crappy, but I think the last 4 will be really great.