When classes are over and exams are all complete, the first thing I tend to do is run to my friends and clear my mind from school. But, once school is over, it is time to leave campus for summer break and that means that we have to say bye to friends. There are those friends who live close enough to see during the summer months, but there are also those who live far enough away that distance poses a big enough indicator for keeping friends apart. As sad as this sounds, I think that if you genuinely miss a friend over the summer you know how good the friendship is!

Saying bye to friends on moving out day of college can be the hardest part about leaving for summer. You think about how good a friendship has grown to be at the end of the semester because you have built it for so long, that you can’t help but hope that the friendship stays this strong when you all come back in the fall. I think that it important to keep relationships strong during the long summer so that when you come back, you have your relationship that you took time to build. There are of course those friends that you just want to say HAGS to and forget that texting or even calling is an option for.

I think it is easy to say that I, along with other college students, will not miss the classes, homework or test preparation that will keep us up into late hours of the night and early hours of the morning. And then, just like that, summer will be over and our friends will be waiting for us on campus when we return. More memories will be made, friendships will be strengthened and our studies will bring us further to fulfilling our dreams.

Enjoy summer while you can because as soon as we know it, we will be assigned homework, tests and projects that we dread but bring our friendships together. Until next semester, college, thanks for bringing the people I have come to know so well closer together, because without you, I may never have become to know them.