Writing my first blog post has been an excruciating and intense mental struggle. This is not due to writer’s block. To say that I have writer’s block would imply that I don’t know what to write about. I know exactly what I want to write, the problem is that I’m too lazy to write it. It’s not my fault though.

I have a disease.

Summeritis is a very serious disorder that has infected countless returning college students nation-wide. Symptoms include the inability to engage in any strenuous physical or mental activities, the tendency to forget that we have to take classes while we’re in school, and most commonly the severe weakening of the body’s muscles and joints resulting in long periods of lying in bed.

Initially, I suffered from the normal symptoms that infect most other victims. I slept a lot and any sense of urgency for the upcoming academic year was noticeably absent. Then the turning point came…

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