As someone who could not wait to experience the freedom of not living under the same roof as my parents, I now love it. I went away to college, by away I mean not community college and about an hour and a half away. I was beyond excited to live on my own, to pick my own decorations and to have freedom. Now, 3 years in and about to graduate, I’m glad I chose to go away to college. But, I sure do love my home. I always wonder what if I went to community college and how my life would be different. But with all of this being said, one of my favorite things to do now is to come home.
Remember when you were growing up and you couldn’t wait to leave the house and you thought you would be fine on your own? Well you are fine on your own but you didn’t realize how much work it would be! Balancing a job, school, laundry and worst of all, grocery shopping?!? How did our parents make it look so easy? We took for granted having home cooked meals, having our clean clothes just show up on our beds and always having what you needed like tooth paste (etc., you know what I mean). Why did I take these things for granted?!? I wanted my freedom but my freedom came with a lot of responsibility.
But, enough with what we took for granted; the best part about college is that when you do go home you're showered in hugs, kisses and love. You’re handed money, your parents buy you food and maybe they fill your gas tank or buy you those shoes you’ve been eyeing. You’ve never felt better. You just got free food, endlessly loving and attention and you got to escape from school.
When I prepare to go home for the weekend, I do all my homework ahead of time (call me crazy), but when I go home I want to focus on home. I want to enjoy the time I have to escape from my hectic school schedule. I want to live in the moment and not worry about school. My home is my comforting place and my escape and I wouldn’t trade it for the world. Going away to college is hard, but I think if I would have gone to community college I would still take things for granted and I wouldn’t feel like my home is my comforting place anymore.
Going away to college is hard but what makes it better is that the fact that I can escape anytime I want to go home.
