We live together, eat together, communicate with each other, pretty much breathe the same air as one another, pick up on each other's habits, and we all kinda look somewhat alike. I mean, we college folk are pretty much our own little species of human, don't you think? Not to mention that after a while, most of us start thinking and acting like each other too...
1. You find yourself waking up at least once per night just to make sure you’ve not fallen off the bed yet.
2. Little children and the elderly are equally as exciting to see on campus.
3. You find yourself obsessing over campus squirrels because they’re the only animals you come into contact with for weeks at a time.
4. When you spot a campus cat, you feel the need to let everyone else around you know that you saw it first.
5. You realize how handy Command Strips actually are and want to give the inventor a pat on the back.
6. You’ve learned to utilize every little nook ‘n cranny to store the nonsense things you have in your dorm.
7. It feels weird showering without wearing flip flops at home.
8. You find yourself randomly thinking about your favorite study spot during break, and you feel as if you've grown emotionally attached to it.
9. Looking through your pictures the morning after a frosh and finding a quality photo is a novelty, so it must be shared on Instagram.
10. You find yourself questioning whether or not you should’ve bought that McDonald’s meal because you needed that $3 for laundry.
11. Going into a class not knowing anybody doesn’t make you nervous anymore. (There are too many people on campus to know someone in every class!)
12. Random dance parties in your dorm room at 2 a.m. are a usual occurrence.
13. Whenever you go to the store, you seem to find yourself drifting toward the office supply and candy aisles.
14. Receiving a letter in the mail is just as exciting as your mom buying your favorite candy bar at the store as a child.
15. Ramen is for every midnight meal. Or every meal. Whichever.
16. It’s normal to see random fruit in the middle of the hallway.
17. Creating weird Snapchat stories usually gets in the way of study sessions.
18. Crafting consists of finding a rock outside and painting it because canvases cost money.
19. Buying textbooks for the semester makes you feel like your bank account does: empty.
20. You realize you made a terrible mistake when you decided to start that new Netflix series right before finals week.
21. When you get bubbles in a care package, they’re used up within the week.
22. Your pets are the screensaver on your computer, phone, tablet and just about every other electronic device you own.
23. Goldfish crackers, packages of candy and highlighters are the majority of each care package you receive.
24. Each time you’re using the restroom, you find yourself questioning why you’re paying so much for school, if they won’t even put two-ply toilet paper in the stalls.
25. You drink coffee and energy drinks, even if you don’t particularly care for them because you’re only two pages into the 10-page paper due the next morning.
26. Naps before class, naps before lunch, naps after lunch, naps after class, naps before football games, naps after naps, naps before bedtime: Naps are relevant at any time of the day.
27. Quiet hours are never actually quiet.
28. You haven’t even been to the first day of class, and you’re already stressing about finals week.
29. Coloring books are not just for children and are a good procrastination method from homework.
30. There are those days where your brain just won't let you do anything anymore.
