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13 Things They Don't Tell You About Moving Home For The Summer

Summer is going to be so much fun, but by the end of it you will be ready for school to begin.

Laura Stringer

May 30, 2019

Missouri State University

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13 Things They Don't Tell You About Moving Home For The Summer

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Several college students are moving home, and we all have a vision on what summer vacation should look like. During finals week we fantasize about sitting on the side of the beach with our friends and having the best summer ever. However, when you move back home things take a different turn. Here are 13 things people don't tell you about moving home.

When you arrive home, unpacking is the worst, and you probably won't do a whole lot of it.

You quickly start looking for a summer job, to make some money over the summer.

However, you realize that all the good jobs, that don't need a degree, are taken by kids in high school.

So, you take a job babysitting, lifeguarding, or if you are lucky you actually find a nice job that will hire you for the summer.

You now work 40 hours in a week, so when you go back to school you aren't completely poor.

You don't see your hometown friends as much because they are either, working or staying in their college town.

You miss your friends from college everyday, and wish you could see them.

You realize the freshman 15 was very real, and try to diet and exercise.

You quickly realize that you aren't going to have time to be in a bathing suit this summer anyways so why try to get in shape?

Taking one summer class sounded like a great idea, but when it begins you are reminded how much you hate classes.

But it also makes you realize how much you miss campus.

You start to pack everything back up again (even though you never unpacked in the first place).

Arriving back on campus is the best feeling in the world.

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13 Things They Don't Tell You About Moving Home For The Summer

Summer is going to be so much fun, but by the end of it you will be ready for school to begin.

When you arrive home, unpacking is the worst, and you probably won't do a whole lot of it.

You quickly start looking for a summer job, to make some money over the summer.

However, you realize that all the good jobs, that don't need a degree, are taken by kids in high school.

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You don't see your hometown friends as much because they are either, working or staying in their college town.

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You realize the freshman 15 was very real, and try to diet and exercise.

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Taking one summer class sounded like a great idea, but when it begins you are reminded how much you hate classes.

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1. Dime and a Mime

2. Ramp and a Lamp

3. Hooters and Shooters

4. Sherlock and Woodstock

5. Spaghetti and a Yeti

6. Whale and snail

7. Ladder and Bladder

8. Rake and Snake

9. Jam and Ham

10. Pig and a Twig

11. Banana and Nana

12. Dairy and Fairy

13. Hibachi and Versace

14. Trash bag and American Flag

15. Gumball Machine and American Dream

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A long over due thank you note to my greatest passion.

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2. "Mr. Brightside" - The Killers

3. "Lose Yourself" - Eminem

4. "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) - Toby Keith

5. "Drop It Like It's Hot" - Snoop Dogg ft. Pharrell Williams

6. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Green Day

7. "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - Panic! At The Disco

8. "Semi-Charmed Life" - Third Eye Blind

9. "Baby Got Back" - Sir Mix A Lot

10. "Get Low" - Lil Jon ft. Ying Yang Twinz

11. "Check Yes Or No" - George Strait

12. "Ride Wit Me" - Nelly

13. "Pony" - Ginuwine

14. "Cleanin' Out My Closet" - Eminem

15. "Gangstas Paradise" - Coolio

16. "It Was A Good Day" - Ice Cube

17. "What's Your Fantasy" - Ludacris

18. "Everybody (Backstreets Back)" - Backstreet Boys

19. "Misery Business" - Paramore

20. "Steal My Sunshine" - Len

21. "Fly" - Sugar Ray

22. "Song 2" - Blur

23. "Buddy Holly" - Weezer

24. "No Rain" - Blind Melon

25. "99 Problems" - Jay-Z

Appreciation for some of life's most discredited pleasures.

1. Sun showers

2. Smiles

3. Tight hugs

4. Discovering new foods you like.

5. Laying in bed after a long day.

6. And being completely relaxed

7. "This reminded me of you"

8. Breakfast foods

9. Over-sized clothes

10. Contagious laughs

11. Car rides with that one person

12. Random (I miss you/ I love you) texts

13. The city at night

14. Surprises

15. Blanket cocoons

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