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Seven Things That Happen When You Move Home For The Summer

Reintegration from college into family life

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Seven Things That Happen When You Move Home For The Summer
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1. You're still not used to having someone ask you where you are going or what time you are coming home. In college you came and went without telling anyone, now your parents want to know what you are doing all day.

2. You forget what it's like to have to wash dishes or fill and empty the dishwasher since in college you would just put them on a moving conveyor belt and did not have to worry about them.

3. You worry about having your lanyard with your student ID and room key. You have momentary freak outs when you don't have it and then remember that you don't need to have it with you because you can get food whenever you want.

4. You see your high school friends that you haven't seen since winter break. It's nice to catch up and see what they have been doing this summer. It's great to see them but still weird because even though you spent four years with them in high school you haven't seen them in a while.

5. You have to answer the question "so how was your first year of college? " over and over again and try to sound enthusiastic each time you answer. It was a great year but it's hard to fit all of it into one or two sentences without droning on and on forever.

6. You don't miss living in a tiny dorm room with a roommate, but you still haven't gotten used to sleeping in your own bed yet.

7. It's 10 p.m. and you're the only one awake in the house. You are still on a college schedule and the rest of your family has work or school so they go to bed early and get up early.


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