You’re somewhere in the middle of your college career and that special time of year has come. Those exciting three months with no classes, no finals, and maybe even some extra money in your pocket. You have big plans, you’re bound to come back next semester with hundreds of great stories for all your friends to be jealous of. False.

1. You have just been stripped of your freedom.

You love your parents, they’re the greatest. Feeding you, welcoming you home with your favorite cookies, and, if you’re lucky, occasionally filling up your gas tank. It’s a great family reunion for a few days, until you realize you are now a child again. Time to report where are you are going, who you are going with, and when you will be home whenever you step outside the house. A possible curfew is set in place. It’s all downhill from here.

2. Your college friends are scattered all across the state.

You’ve made some of your best friends and memories in college so far, and of course you are all going to see each other almost every week. But the truth is you all have opposite work schedules and you probably don’t trust your unfortunate car to even get you there. So hanging out with your hometown friends is what it's coming down to.

3. Your hometown friends are nearly non existent.

Let's face it, you went a few hours away to your university to get away from these people. Your college friends make your world go round, but your options here are limited. So you choose from the handful of high school friends you have left and reminisce about the good old days in your parents’ basement. Except the days weren’t really that good and they aren’t that old yet either, and now its just awkward.

4. You don’t want to run into your high school ex.

Your life now at college is fabulous and you’ve pursued enough people to feel better about your high school sweetheart who left you crushed. You are now thriving, but unless they are still stalking you on social media, this isn’t as clear to them as it is to you. And it certainly isn’t clear when they catch a glimpse of you in your pajama pants shamelessly getting three pints of Ben and Jerry’s at the grocery store. Which is why you avoid almost every public place like the plague.

5. Your dog is now your best friend.

But really. Your daily walks, cuddle sessions (probably forced ones), and play time are getting old. You love this creature who lives in your home but the more you talk, the less interested he or she is and they’re never going to be able to talk back. They are much more interested in what is on your dinner plate. You miss the sort of best friends you can actually take with you to public places.

6. You’ve noticed the freshman fifteen has overstayed its welcome.

All those late night Sheetz runs are catching up. In fact, they caught up a long time ago, but now it is not cute anymore. Everyone assures you it isn’t noticeable, but it is. No one wants to be your gym buddy. You don’t even want to be your own gym buddy. There’s really nothing to do in your hometown but go out to eat anyway. You’ll start tomorrow.

7. No, you don’t have a significant other yet.

You have been asked at every family function if you have that special person yet. You response is usually “what’s a boyfriend”? or “what’s a girlfriend”? Then everyone spends special time asking you why it didn’t work out with your last significant other and saying how wonderful they were. You excuse yourself to the bathroom and “accidentally” take a nap to get away from these people.

8. You’re positive your future is your dead-end part-time job.

It is becoming more and more obvious what the meaning of being a poor college student really is. You are Exhibit A. You spend more time at work than you want to at your age, and the money comes and goes quicker than Iggy’s fame. You are surrounded by co-workers who remind you daily they still haven’t found a real job post graduation. You save your tears for your pillow and ask the next customer if they would like fries with that.

9. Netflix isn’t fun anymore.

You are running out of shows to watch. You try to keep how many episodes you have actually watched this week to yourself, but you’re entering the double digits. Being an inmate in Orange is the New Black is starting to look more appealing than continuing this pattern any longer. Plus, you already finished Orange is the New Black three days after it was released.

10. You’re becoming the third wheel.

You’re friends assure you daily you will find someone but you aren’t really interested in being found as much as you are in not having to tag along on their dates out of pity. The invite is a nice thought, but their honeymoon phase is too real to deal. You just want to hang out with someone who is as single and carefree as you but all of those people are your now long-distance college friends.

11. Half of your friends are 21.

You don’t even want to go for the booze, you want to go for the socialization. There’s a whole other world out there you’re dying to be a part of. Everyone is out on the town, but you know well enough that you probably can’t even buy a pack of cigarettes without still being carded. So you watch their Snap stories and convince yourself it doesn’t even look fun. You would’ve spilled your fishbowl on your outfit anyway.

12. Whether you took a summer class or didn’t, you made the wrong choice.

You didn’t want to be a slacker so you are now cramming a semester’s worth of knowledge into your super fun summer. Or you didn’t want to spend your limited free time glued to your computer so you didn’t sign up for a class. Either way, your brain is fried from too much information or a lack thereof. 9am classes and being somewhere other than your bedroom start to not sound so bad.

13. You should’ve applied for an internship.

You want to be a real person now. Other college students thought this through and are actually out there getting real experience for their career. Having a cubicle and a break room looks more appealing than ever but you didn't even look into this for fear of interrupting your “big summer plans”.

14. Your friends never want to do anything.

You’ve got ideas but nobody wants to join you in making them a reality. Even planning a vacation is like pulling teeth. All the summer plans you made in the spring are now a thing of the past. You’ve come to terms with the fact that nothing is happening. They say with good friends there is never a dull moment, but you’re living proof that such a statement is a lie.

15. You just miss all aspects of your college town.

These are some of the best years of your life with some of the best people you know but this three-month intermission has put a damper on things. You want to go to college for the rest of your life. But instead you went home for the summer, and that was your first mistake.