It's the dead middle of the summer. Looking at the calendar, it's been almost nine weeks since my junior year ended. Nine. I can hardly believe it myself. And while nine weeks ago I was ready to tear my hair out and run screaming from my college campus from the sheer unending stress, I've almost forgotten all about it by now.
I miss school. So, so much. I miss my friends. I miss living with all my friends, and having the friends I don't live with just a short walk away. I miss pretty much everything...and I miss it so deeply that I've got gifs to describe just how badly I want to go back.
1. When you go from being around people 24/7 to it just dwindling down to you, your parents, your siblings...and your dog.
2. It suddenly isn't acceptable to shower at 2 AM anymore because your family actually sleeps during normal hours.
3. Your parents are semi-judging you for blasting music that might only be acceptable at college parties. Or the bar.
"Honey, can you turn that down? Or...off??"
4. Partying during the week just doesn't have the same shine that it does at school.
"Oh my god..why did I do that...I have work later."
5. You have to get in the car and drive, sometimes hours, to see your friends...instead of just walking 2 minutes away to their room.
6. The finals stress has finally worn off and you feel like your brain's turning into jello because you haven't seen the inside of a classroom in months.
7. Home cooked food IS great, but you weirdly miss constant access to ice cream and pizza in the dining hall.
"You know you just had pizza yesterday, right?"
8. The gym, like your friends, is a drive away instead of a short walk.
Why is everything so far away?! How do people live like this?!?!
9. You find yourself looking at the calendar a little too often.
September is still.......really far away.
10. Almost every conversation with your college friends includes "I miss you!" and you pretty much can't take it anymore.
In the interest of full disclosure, I love summer. It's my favorite season by far. I was practically having a mini-breakdown every day for the last week of the semester because I wanted out so bad. College is hard. It's kind of soul-shattering, and I'm grateful that we do have such long summers off, because we definitely need them.
But man, do I miss everything about it.
