history: Spent the entire summer with my long distance girlfriend, and now I'm back at home for university. Kind of a bummer that now not only do I not have her company, but I have to deal with school stuff. From one extreme to the other. Spent the entire summer with my long distance girlfriend_comma_ and now I'm back at home for university. Kind of a bummer that now not only do I not have her company_comma_ but I have to deal with school stuff. From one extreme to the other.
current: Oh man I bet summer went by quick for you then.  Did you have fun together?
next: Yeah, we went to Estes Park, in Colorado, and hiked at the base of the Rocky Mountains. First time I ever saw mountains. Pretty cool experience. I had to drive the whole way to Colorado though, so I can relate to the road trip thing.