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Heeeeey Charlie, 

It has been a while since we last spoke!

As far as I know, you are a website, so I will not ask you how it is going. But I, as a human being, am going well. Not excited at all about going back to school, but that's not the point. 

Now that holidays are almost over, I can proudly say I have succeeded in having a great summer, even if I didn't move much. 

For the first time since 2010, I decided to take it easy and to stay home. Oh, I have to admit it was quite hard at first, because I was used to do all that school work and sleep less than 24 hours in a week, but I quickly got to enjoy my new rhythm and became a sort of lazy-fat-cat-with-no-friend-but-food. It was marvellous. 

Thomas being very energic.

Then, in July, I started to hang out with my friends. They had their “Bac” to pass, but as soon as it was over we had all our time to party and do teenager things.

On the 14^th of July we spent our national day at my place, it was a great evening. After that, my mom left for one week, so I was all on my own. I invited my best friend to come over, and we finally didn’t leave each other until the end of the summer. It was awesome, this feeling of independence, full-autonomy and freedom, but also to finally get to discover what a true friendship and collocation is.

After that, in August, I went to my father’s in Marseille. I hadn’t put one foot in town that Paul and Justine were texting me to come over. I was so glad to spend time with them again, in that big city, like if we were back at school. I don’t know how much money I spent in drinks this summer, but it was certainly a huge amount.

We went, my father and I, near Montpellier for a few days, with my little brother and his father. I did karting for the first time of my life, which was really scary at first, but I appeared to be a really good driver and won the race in the end. After that, we went to Arthur H and David Walters show in the Cirque de Mourèze. I didn’t know those artists, but I knew Arthur H’s sister, Izia, whom is really talented, and now I can say it might be genetic because it was really good.  

On the 14^th of August, Justine and I started our voluntary work at the Positiv Festival. The event had an incredible line-up and it was a real chance to be there before everyone, work with the staff and build the whole place. We met wonderful people, lived great shows and had a lot of fun. At the end of the concerts, we got to sleep in stages; I slept in Flume’s and Justine slept in Jabberwocky’s. We didn't have much sleep even if the staff woke us up at noon to help them a few last hours. Then we came back home, where I slept, this time, almost 24hours.

The last thing I did this summer was a family trip in Canet en Roussillon, near Perpignan. I don’t get to see my family a lot, so I’ve learnt to enjoy those moments. We quickly went to Spain, bought lots of food and then came back to our home sweet home.

And that’s it, we’re now a few days apart from school and I don’t really feel the urge to go back to work. 

But I guess it’s not a choice.

See you soon then.