Heatwaves, Hustle & Half-Finished Assignments: Welcome to Summer Semester

New Semester, Same Sunburn

My Third Blog Post 🤗

So… college started again. New semester, new chaos. Everything felt so new at first new classes, new subjects, new faces, and a whole new level of confusion. I swear for the first few days, I was just smiling and nodding like I understood anything. But guess what? I eventually caught up. I mean, kinda. Okay, mostly.

But you know what didn’t change? The sun. The heat.

India’s summer is not just summer it’s a full blown villain origin story. Traveling to college every day in this boiling weather? It’s like I’m marinating in my own sweat. Add public transport, some traffic, and the lovely smell of the sun hitting everything… and there I am, sitting in class already 80% melted.

And sometimes, mid-travel, I’ll just start feeling super nauseous. Like, “Is this heatstroke or just life?”

But then I tell myself, “It’s okay. You’ll get used to it.”

Spoiler: I never get used to it. But I pretend.

Despite all this, I’ve actually been living.

Hanging out with friends, randomly taking pictures and making memories. For a second, college life felt like a slice-of-life anime. And the best part? I got to volunteer for an event. I had so much fun doing it running around, helping people, being part of something bigger than just lectures and assignments. I was beyond exhausted the next day, but it was the good kind of tired. The “I did something cool” kind.

And just when I thought maybe I could relax for a bit… they hit us with it.

Summer vacation. But with homework.

Yeah. Assignments. In the vacation. Like, can I just breathe?

I was ready for chill nights, ice cream, scrolling through life, and maybe catching up on that one drama I never finished. But no. Instead, I’m now mentally juggling between “I should do my assignments” and “Let me just take a small nap that somehow becomes 3 hours.”

Still, I guess that’s life. Some chaos, some calm. Some complaining, and some quiet joy in between.

So here I am, surviving the heat, secretly panicking about assignments, and still trying to balance it all.

It’s messy, it’s tiring, but it’s mine. And I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Except maybe an AC and a holiday with no homework. That would be nice.✌️