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1. Expectation: You rent a cute place for the summer with your best pals.
Reality: You move back in with your parents.
2. Expectation: You land an awesome PAID internship at a cool company.
Reality: You end up working for less than minimum wage at the mall.
3. Expectation: Of course you find the time & money to backpack through Europe for a few weeks.
Reality: Family vacation!
4. Expectation: You have an epic summer romance.
Reality: Finding a fling is hard. Staying in with Netflix isn't.
5. Expectation: You use your free time to catch up on great works of literature and Oscar-winning documentaries.
Reality: You devote every hour to the best summer shows.
6. Expectation: You keep yourself college-ready by getting ahead on your academic reading list.
Reality: I'm sorry, reading?
7. Expectation: You'll hit the beach, get your tan on & hook a hottie.
Reality: Tanning isn't for everyone.
8. Expectation: You'll reunite with your best friends from high school.
Reality: You barely make it through one dinner with them.
9. Expectation: You work really hard for the perfect beach body.
Reality: Your beach bod is immediately ruined by your daily diet of ice cream.
HAPPY SUMMER 2014!
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