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​15 Thoughts Every College Student Has While On Summer Vacation

Peace out, college. See you in three months.

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​15 Thoughts Every College Student Has While On Summer Vacation
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Summer vacation can be the best and the worst time for lots of college students. It’s a weird transition time. Like, living with your parents again? Whoops, forgot how to do that. Or forgetting what it’s really like to be back in your hometown for more than two days? Yeah, weird.

If you’re an average college student like myself who has finally settled back at home after nine long months at school, you’re probably thinking at least one or more of these things.

1. “I’m glad this job only lasts three months.”

Whether you’re working full-time or part-time, most summer jobs aren’t the best. Isn’t that why you’re getting your degree? But if you do enjoy your summer job, you’re either really lucky or really crazy.

2. “What happened to all my high school friends?”

Reality check: The people you met at college who you are really good friends live four hours away from your hometown. You’ve lost touch with a lot of your high school friends, and if you do see them around, either everything or nothing has changed (for better or for worse).

3. “I miss my roommate, but I like sleeping in my own room.”

There’s nothing like living in a 10’x10’ cement box with a person who’s just as crazy and awesome as you, but not being woken up by another person’s alarm for their 8 a.m. class is golden.

4. “I hope no one I know sees me at the grocery store.”

Especially if you’ve moved back home to a small town, you’ve thought this at least once this summer. Sometimes you just want to walk in and buy some milk and look like you just woke up, am I right?

5. “Did I really fit into this swimsuit last year?”

Freshman 15 hit hard, and it may still be lingering past your first year of college. Bye bye, beach body.

6. “I’m going to exercise every single day now that I have time.”

There’s no homework to finish, studying to do, or clubs to attend in the summertime. Plus, there’s no temptation to walk over to the cafeteria at 10 p.m. and stress eat. Bye bye, freshman 15?

7. “I would never survive this heat living in a dorm.”

Thank heavens that summer vacation actually exists because those dorm rooms and 85-degree temperature don’t mix. Also shoutout to your parents who actually pay for the A/C to work every summer.

8. “I no longer have a social life.”

Whether you work full-time or have decided to spend your summer doing something else, you never see as many people every day as you did living on campus where you were surrounded by friends 24/7.

9. “I’ve really missed reading for fun.”

You’ve splurged at the library and the book stores. But if you’re not into reading, I bet you’ve watched at least eight seasons of your favorite show on Netflix with no guilty feelings.

10. “I’m sick of people blowing up social media with pics of their cool road trips.”

Maybe you should just unfriend them.

11. “I need to plan a road trip to everywhere.”

But maybe you shouldn’t unfriend them, because then when you go on a cool trip, you’ll get to blow up their feed.

12. “How did I survive living at college without my pets?”

There’s nothing like cuddling with your babies.

13. “I need to stop spending money so I can actually pay to go back to school.”

A new phone or more student loans? Your choice.

14. “What’s the date today?”

In college, knowing the date was a priority because you had deadlines nearly every day.

15. “School starts up again that early?”

This could be good or this could be bad, depending on how you think your vacation is going.

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