How I Spent My Summer Vacation is the fifth studio album by American punk rock band the Bouncing Souls.

This was the first album to feature new drummer Michael McDermott, formerly of Murphy's Law and Skinnerbox.

The song "Manthem" is featured in the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4.

[8] In August 2001, the band filmed a music video for "True Believers" at CBGB in New York City.

[10] Cleveland.com ranked "True Believers" at number 57 on their list of the top 100 pop-punk songs.