Packing up the decorations you hung up just months ago. Folding all your clothes, somehow going home with more than you came with. Emptying out your desk and packing up your textbooks. Who knew that leaving school for the summer would make you miss it so much.
1. Leaving all of your best friends
If you’re anything like me, most of your friends are the ones you made at college. You live hours apart and you won’t get to see them at all this summer. Your friends are always there for you and now you have to go 3 months without them.
2. Packing your stuff
You had to pack it all up to bring it school and now you’re doing the same thing to bring it home. It’s a nuisance, because where do you put it when you get home? We all know it’s going to end up staying in the boxes until you get too tired of looking at it.
3. Getting a summer job
Okay, no one wants to have one. Unless you have a really amazing job where you get paid lots of money, you hate this part of summer. You spend majority of your summer working when you really should be having fun.
4. Living in your parents' house
Their house, their rules. No late night dance parties, food raves or having guys over. Be ready to get smothered with all their attention too.
5. Having no free time to vacation
Remember that whole job situation. Well get ready for no vacations because you’ll be working all summer long.
6. Not having an endless supply of food
Part of being a college student is binge eating food all the time, at any period of the day. When you’re home, you might get your mom’s cooking but you don’t get to eat it 24/7. Have fun trying to satisfy your 2am cravings at home.
7. Not seeing your college hookup
As much as we hate to admit it, we will miss the guy who we’ve been seeing on the side. When you’re in the mood to hangout or just have some fun, he won’t be there. Take the summer to find a hookup at home just to keep you sane.
8. Getting bored...
As much fun as the summer job you just got may be, we know that you’ll get bored when you’re not there. Unlike at college you don’t a new activity going on every direction you go. You’ll have to create some new fun for the summer just to keep yourself from going crazy.
9. Staying in your childhood bedroom
Oh the fun of living in your childhood bedroom for the next 3 months. While you’ll have your own room once again, you’ll be surrounded by the old hobbies of your past. Those stuffed animals piled up on your bed have missed you and you have to admit you’ve missed it too.
10. Having to drive everywhere
This one may not apply to everyone, but I know I hate to drive. At college you can walk 5 minutes and have a doctor, pharmacy, restaurants and so much more. Back at home you have to get in your car and drive to these places. Driving also means paying for gas, which no one likes.
11. Not being able to borrow your roommate's clothes
It was like having two closets designed especially for you. You’re going home with half the closet which means less options when it comes to summer wardrobe. Get ready to buy some new clothes to fill the void of the clothes that you had to leave behind.
12. Bars aren’t in walking distance from your house
Now you have to find a designated driver, which means more planning before you go out. This also means you can't walk into your parents house extremely drunk at 2am.
13. Not having a support system right next door
Part of the college experience is living in a dorm with people around you all the time. These people can become your best friends who you lean on when you're facing your toughest challenges. Going home you may have family but you won't have people who understand what you're going through at school.
As much as we may hate going home for the summer, try to enjoy the time you have with family. Take this summer to try new things and enjoy yourself. You only have 3 months until you're right back at college.
