As we approach the end of August, not only does the weather want to kill you with the heat and humidity, but it also means one thing: Time to head back to school. For those of us in college, that means packing up everything we own and moving it all into a tiny room. It means finally reuniting with your roommates that you haven't seen all summer, and it means realizing that you have school on Monday: ugh. To avoid homework that my over anxious professors have already posted--no seriously I already have assignments due at the end of the week--I decided to look up hilarious memes that described the process of moving back to school. Here are 10 that accurately describe college move in day as it comes and then goes.
1. The overloading emotions:
I get so excited to pack everything up and move back in with my roommates/best friends. However once I finally finish unpacking everything and I finally sit down to relax, an alarm goes off in my head: I have school tomorrow. I am so not ready to be sleep deprived and to work hard just yet. Can I just have one more week of summer please?
2. Syllabus week:
Ah every college kid's favorite week. Expect if you go to a private school, because it doesn't really exist here. But going over the syllabus for at least the first class is pretty amazing--it's like you get points for showing up to class but don't really have to think or do anything. It's a great way to ease my brain into realizing that yes I am going to mentally kill it soon.
3. Freshman, freshman, freshman:
Sorry guys, you can't hide from us upperclassmen. We know who you are, we see you running across campus, and we wish we were you. At least you guys are still too naive to realize that college is going to kill you in a few weeks, but please have your fun. I'll be watching from my apartment window crying.
4. Precious Mom and Dad
So finally everything is unpacked and the cars are cleared out. Time for parents to leave right? Wrong. Your parents never want you to go, and while we may want them to leave after all of the stress and yelling of unpacking, the second they do we want them to come back too. Family ties are forever I guess.
5. To go or to not go?
Is this a trick? If I don't show up will my professor secretly hate me, or does he not actually care? Or is this some adult test of responsibility and I have to force myself to show up because its the right thing to do? Either way, most of us will probably never go. Thank you Professor for your kindness.
6. College textbooks
7. Naps, naps and more naps!
I hope you slept in as much as possible before your first class, because that will be that last normal night of sleep you get. Welcome to sleeping for four hours due to studying, and then taking naps in between classes. I never napped as much as I do now that I'm in college. They're the only thing that keep me sane along with drinking coffee of course.
8. This year is going to be different:
I'm going to write down a to-do list, read all of the readings before lecture, take notes and then rewrite them after lecture and get A's on all my tests this semester! But, I also did make my bed amazingly comfy, and I'm already tired from having to sit in a class--yep nevermind I'm taking a nap. New plan--pass and get as much sleep as possible.
9. Staying the whole class time during the first week of class:
No seriously, what am I still doing here. And now we are going over the first chapter of the class? They are trying to kill me. Not only did I wake up to come to class to hear about a syllabus, but now I actually have to take notes and pay attention and it's the first day! My professor needs to go to jail for abuse.
10. Introductions on the first day:
Good luck on your first week, everyone!
