Mom and Dad, there are two things you are going to need to know as I move home this week from school. First off, for the last nine month's I have had complete freedom. Complete and utter freedom to do whatever I want, go wherever I want, whenever I want. So coming home and having rules is going to be a bit of a shock to the system so bear with me and my free-willed attitude I will be bringing home. Secondly, I sleep a lot. Like probably close to the amount of a baby and I do not plan on changing this when I come home so I am going to need you two to respect this.

I am not going to lie, I am excited to come home for the summer. I am excited to be done with school and back home where my only responsibilities will be walking my dog whenever my lazy butt decides to get up for the day and making it to work, somewhat on time. Summer is going to be a greatly needed break from the school year filled with a lot of relaxation, sleeping, tanning, and unfortunately, work. Just thinking of having home cooked dinners most nights after eating campus food for nine months makes my mouth water.

Now I am going to get annoyed within the first few days of being back home. No matter how excited I am to be home for the summer I am still going to miss school. I am going to miss all my friends and the freedom I have while at school. So I am going to complain about how I wished I stayed in BG for the summer. Well, the fact of the matter is I am just being annoying and probably only complaining to complain because deep down what I wanted was to be home for the summer. If I really wanted to stay up at school all summer I could have subleased and stayed up there so do not take my complaints about hating it at home to heart; I don’t really mean it.

I am going to go up to visit all my friends staying in BG at least once a month and this is not me asking for permission. This is me informing you that when I want to go up to school, I will be. Being home for three months is going to be an adjustment in itself so when I want to go up and visit my friends and let loose a little bit I expect to receive your unconditional support. This may sound a bit harsh, but almost every single one of my friends is staying in BG for the summer so there is going to be some major FOMO going on.

Lastly, I want you both to know that there really is no place like home. There is a very good chance that this will be my last summer staying at home. My sophomore year is coming to an end and I am scarily close to flying the nest. And I am terrified for this. The fact that this might be my last time spending a large amount of time in my childhood home brings me to the point of tears whenever I think about it. But I know there is a time when everyone must let go and I am getting very close to that point. With that being said, I plan to make the most of being at home this summer. I want to spend a lot of time with the family together and enjoy every little moment because I do not know if we will ever get the chance ever again.

Moving home is going to be a pain. I dread the idea of packing up everything in my dorm just to go home and unpack it all again. The idea of leaving behind my school life to go to my home life is little sad but at the end of the day going home for the summer is exactly what I need. So mom and dad, do I really need to have a curfew this summer?