Last week, I compiled a list of how you know you are missing the Nation this summer...but some of us have been fortunate enough to have never left.  Besides the fact that you aren’t paying rent on an empty house (thank you leases that start June 1st) and you are spending the summer months at the best place in the country, there are countless reasons why not going home for the summer is one of the best decisions you ever made.

Summertime Nationers, this one’s for you….

1. Your Instagram is still as artsy as ever, thanks to the way the church looks when it’s 90 degrees and sunny.

2. You don’t have to miss Thursday nights at the mainline bars, because they are most definitely still a thing. 

3. You can come home and pour yourself a drink without having to worry about your mom or dad wondering if drinking on a Wednesday is early alcoholism. 

4. There is no better platform to tan on than the Oreo. 

5. Free gym membership. Forget having to figure out which gym at home runs the best deal for the summer and then actually having to pay to work out, Davis Center it is. 

6. You can still have those lovely, “OMG I just saw a celebrity” moments when you run into Jay Wright in the area. 

7. World Cup games at Flips. Shout out to the 50 year old man who started the USA chant.

8. Never having to do the same amount of chores you would have to at home. Someone in your apartment will vacuum eventually I’m sure. 

9. The mini fridge in your dining room is always full of beer, and that is totally acceptable. 

10. If that previously mentioned fridge were to run out, you can walk down the street to the nearest beer distributor, thanks to the fact that you conveniently picked your housing location based off of this very store. Somehow I feel as though our parents did not do the same planning when they chose a neighborhood. 

11. You were able to boost your resume with a killer internship or improve your GPA with some summer classes. We have to admit it, most of us are still doing productive and academic things amidst all the fun. 

12. When everyone else is rushing back for move-in weekend and tweeting the standard “Nova bound for another year #gocatz,” you can sit on your porch and relax, knowing that you’re way ahead of the game.