College has been quite the experience so far. I am far away from home, living an entire new life. I have made so many new friends and meet so many new people. All these people have had an impact on my life and I can not thank them enough. There are two things that I have found a lot of people love. The first is Christmas. Most people love the Christmas season, all the music and the movies and the giving. Another thing that I have found a lot of people love is The Vampire Diaries. So many people that I have met this semester I have bonded with over our love of the T.V. series. So, as a Christmas present to everyone that I have met this semester that loves The Vampire Diaries as much as I do, here is my winter break told through the series.

Finals are over, there is no more stress for the semester, and winter break begins. Over the next five weeks of break, there is time to do everything. Hang out with friends from back home, see my family, sleep in, and just relax back home. Then I realize that I have to leave my friends that I have gotten so close to at college and I do not know how I am going to say goodbye to them.

The first week back home was a little slow because my friends from high school were still in school, but I could understand that. I spent time catching up on some T.V. shows and seeing my grandparents. Then, I started to miss my friends from college. Just hanging out all the time and getting meals together is what I missed, so I did not think it was too bad.

Week two rolls around and I am extremely bored. I am tired of doing nothing and am ready to do anything, anything to get out of the house. Then I get a message from one of my friends from college, “I miss you guys so much!” And then the “Me too!” messages followed.

We were all miserable and could not wait to get back to school, we all missed each other so much. Besides my friends, my sorority sisters group chat had random messages from everyone saying similar things. Everyone saying how much they love everyone else and could not wait until school starts again in January.

Going in to college, I never would have thought that I would have a group of friends that I cared about and cared about me this much, and I really did not expect to have such amazing sisters that have so much love in their hearts.

Now, there is still three weeks left of break. Christmas is here and New Years is to follow. Three more weeks of being hundreds of miles away from all the people that have come into my life in the past four months. Three more weeks of being bored, but relaxing before the next semester starts. And when we get back to school? It will be a fun time and I really can not wait to get back to the college life.