Leaving school at the end of the year is truly bittersweet. As you pack up your room, you leave with the excitement of a stress-free summer and another year over. The anticipation to see family and friends back home makes it easier to say goodbye to friends at school. As the first few weeks pass by, you begin to realize that it's been too long since seeing your college best friends, and you still have to wait. This longing for them can be quite painful, a form of separation anxiety, and when you are not fortunate enough to live close to them, it can be hard! Here a list of reasons why being away from these adored people is so hard.
1. They are no longer down the hall.
You can't just walk out of your room and find them next door. Also, knowing that you could just walk out of your room to find friends was a privilege.
2. "Find Your Friends" app became too convenient.
I would check that app every time I needed to find my friends on campus. I wanted to talk to them, knowing they were right in the library was too easy.
3. You don't have someone to check your outfit in the morning.
Running down the hall to only burst open their door, you ask them if what you are wearing is okay was so important. Asking your mom is most certainly not the same anymore.
4. Your breakfast buddy is now your cat.
Having someone to go to the dining hall with before class was definitely a good way to start the day and great motivation to get out of bed early. Now, we have to shove some bread down our throats as we rush off to work.
5. Busy schedules mean less visits.
Planning to visit your friends over the summer can happen and be exciting, but when you have an internship, job or studying abroad, those trips became hard and infrequent, especially when you want to save money.
6. The attachment is real.
You are around your friends 24/7 at school; the second you are away from them, you feel unbalanced due to not having your other half around. This is only worse in the summer.
7. Hugs.
I definitely miss getting hugs from them.
8. You miss the feeling of always having someone around.
For a trip to Chipotle, for the ride to Walmart and or just to be there, you aren't alone.
At least there's only three months left until being fully reunited.
