At least once in our life we have had to stay at college for a summer and I am sure we can all agree that it completely is not the most fun thing to do with our summer. We stay up here for work, to get ahead on classes, or because our program decides to be started in the summer with a full class load. We may think our college town sucks because there seems to be nobody here but you are not the only one that is for sure. It seems coming up with things to do is hard and we get bored so easily but unbelievably there are tons of things you can do while you wait for all of your friends to get back in August.
1. Go to class
Unbelievably going to class in the summer is not the most terrible thing to do, let us face it the buildings have air so you will not be miserable.
2. Unpack your apartment
Time will come where you are searching through boxes because you didn’t take the two hours to unpack all of your stuff, make it easier for during the school year and just do it now. Learn where all of your stuff is now.
3.Decorate your room and living room
You do not want your place seeming like it does not have a home feel, and you will be spending a lot of time there. Do not go overboard but make it comfortable.
4. Do not take shifts off work
Unless you are so sick, you cannot even move, or there is a special occasion. The final weekends of school when you have no more money you will thank me, so save while you can. It may seem like the few other people in town are doing fun things and want you to join in, however, think of how many more days you have of summer and doing exciting things!
5. Find adventurous things to do
Take up a new hobby, go running, just drive around. But do something other than sitting in your apartment all day every day of the summer because you will get bored.
6. Go tubing down the river
Sure it takes you a bit to become an expert tuber but think about it once you figure it out that is all you will want to do!
7. Sleep while you can
You have all summer to sleep and catch up on the midday naps you will miss when you are taking a full course load in the fall and spring semesters, take advantage of it.
8. Start a new Netflix series
Let us face it; do we really want to wake up at 9 am every day because that is what time our body wakes us up? Stay up until 4 am watching the new show you are addicted to.
9. Make more friends
Chances are there are pages on Facebook you add yourself to, where other people, who are also here for the summer post things to do, take a chance. Yeah it may be weird but it is better than being bored all summer.
10. Eat at the "townie" places
There is a very slim chance you have ate at all the in town restaurants in the city, in instances like mine its better food than you could make yourself so don’t be stuck on the college starter pack with Ramen Noodles and PBJ’s.
Instead of being miserable or angry you have to stay here all summer, make the most of it. At the end of the summer, you will be better off because hey, you are already unpacked and you know the best things to get at the local mom and pop shops. Staying in your college town at first is not ideal because you think it is the worst place in the entire world. In the end, you will be happier spending the next few years here!
