No matter where you are this summer, you’d be lying to yourself if you said you weren’t missing the Nation. 

You lay on your parents couch, wishing for your dorm room and school friends and counting down the days until move in.

1. You got weirdly nostalgic the other day while the kids you nanny for were eating Oreos because you miss that weird piece of abstract art in the middle of campus. 

2. Your dad made omelets for breakfast, and you found yourself wishing you were eating in the Pit.

3. Every time you’re in your bathroom, you wish the Stall Street Journal was in there. 

4. You were watching something DVRed from months ago and realized that the Jay Wright Dove commercial played during the break. So you rewound it to watch -- three times. 

5. Your parents are not as amused by you, after a night of heavy drinking, as your roommates were. 

6. Actually, your parents aren’t amused at anything you do. 

7. Except your parents are still the only people you hang out with. 

8. You feel more guilty about skipping out on the gym because you’re no longer climbing the stairs of Tolentine. 

9. You miss the little victories, like getting VU mobile to load while waiting to binge watch your Netflix. Ah, accomplishments. 

10. Every Thursday you feel like you should be waiting in line to get into Maloney’s, not in bed by 10 p.m. 

11. You’re genuinely confused when someone does not hold the door for you. 

12. You already have half your room packed up waiting to go back. The whole school thing can wait a little longer, but you can’t wait to get back to your favorite place in the world with your best friends.