I've recently finished my first year of college and it feels amazing! Don't get me wrong, college is great, but there is just something so wonderful about being back home. I no longer have to Skype to see my siblings and I finally get to eat my mom's heavenly food again. There are some things that are just completely different at home than they are at college ... some for the better and some, maybe not so much.
1. Suddenly you room doubles in size.
In all honesty, my dorm room was super nice and I had plenty of room for all of my things, but now I have room to create a full-on dance routine if I wanted to.
2. Your shower does too.
Shaving your legs in those tiny college showers is quite the challenge. I think there were at least three or four times where I got a cramp from having my leg all twisted up in such a small space. I fell. Twice.
3. Real. Food.
Okay I don't know about you, but nothing beats my mom's cooking. I seriously feel like I am eating gourmet food when I come home after eating college campus food everyday.
4. Everyone asks how college was as if you had left the country for a whole lifetime.
Remember your senior year of high school when everyone asked what you were going to do with your life? Well, they don't stop asking even after you come back from college. It's nice that people care, but even I don't really know what my future holds. Who knows, maybe I'll drop out next semester and become an acrobat.
5. You get your car back.
Nothing is better than getting your freedom back to go where you want, when you want. No more paying for bus tickets or begging your friend who has a car on campus to take you to the store.
6. High school comes back to haunt you.
Some people really love high school but I'm not one of those people. I've only been home for a few days and I'm already being pulled into going to my high school's events.
7. But your high school friends are still cool.
The girls I met in high school are the best people I have ever met. I love them to death and continue to talk to them weekly even when we are far apart from each other. I love coming home to spend time together whether that be by watching movies or going on fun little road trips.
8. Chores.
Dishes. I despise doing the dishes and now that I'm home and "a part of the family," I "get" to participate in cleaning the dishes every night after dinner. Of course, in college you still have clean-up responsibilities but for some reason it is just not as fun when you have to do them at home.
9. You have to take summer classes so that you don't die when you get back to school.
Isn't summer supposed to be a relaxation period with no studying, classes, or homework? I wish. I'm already taking 18 credits next semester and there is no way I'm going to take any more than that, so summer school it is.
10. Work.
I had a job at school but obviously it wasn't full time. School is expensive so I'll be spending most of my days in an office building. Fun.
11. You miss your friends from college.
I love being home but I made some amazing friends during my first year of college. Being back home is wonderful but let's face it, in a week I'll probably be ready to go back to college.
