Summer break is almost upon on us and it can take many different forms for all of us. Maybe you'll be traveling or working in a new city for a dream internship, but there are a few universal truths when it comes to summer vacation: it's a time for rest and it's also a time to say goodbye. Maybe you're saying goodbye to your sleep deprived self or to your senior friends who are graduating. The point is, no matter how you're spending your break or where you're spending it, you can always relate to the characters of "Arrested Development" throughout the whole season.
1. Before officially leaving campus you're sad to say bye
Even if you'll be with your old friends from high school or meeting up with college friends, saying bye (even if temporarily) is hard.
2. Once you get back home you immediately sleep
Oh sleep, that beautiful, evil temptress.
3. And after a few days of sleeping in, you meet up with family and friends.
"So, what'd you learn?!" Your mom's best friend's neighbour, Linda, cackles as you dig into food that isn't from the caf.
4. But paradise slowly slips away as your family begins to wake you up before noon each day
Hell hath no mercy.
5. You finally begin unpacking your boxes and your parents question what you own
Every prize is important, even if it's just a sheet of paper from your professor that says, "Congrats on passing".
6. And even as time passes you're still excited to see your bffs
Even though all you say to each other is, "What do you wanna do?" "I don't know, what do you wanna do?" for hours.
7. Whenever you're in public with said friends, you get judgemental looks from townspeople.
Don't be hatin'.
8. But sometimes you get embarrassed, but you can't help it because you're just so excited to be home.
There's no shame in being happy though, right?
9. More time passes and you find yourself at home far too often.
10. As you internalize everything you begin to question far too much.
Summer is for fun, not for an existential crisis.
11. Yet the questioning of everything follows you around.
12. And when you're family catches you in this slump you feel all their comments are meant to hurt you.
But you brush it off as you binge-watch another series on Netflix.
13. When it comes to chores, you just seem to let people down.
No one needs to go to the store when you can order pizza online.
14. Yet you continue to say, "Yeah mom, I totally cleaned the house" as you still lie in bed.
15. And just like in college, you only seem to move about when food is promised.
16. You also begin to incorporate the Netflix shows you've been watching into your life.
Too many references, too little time.
17. You realize that you haven't seen the sun in days.
And more importantly, you have to wait another year for the next season of 'Broadchurch' to be on Netflix.
18. After a few weeks, you've successfully rekindled your relationships with everyone at home.
Pulling pranks on your parents with your siblings beats missing campus every time.
19. Each time you walk into your room you sense something has moved.
Does your family not understand that everything is in a particular place?!
20. Sooner or later it's time to go back to college.
You have mixed emotions because you remembered how much you love home, but you know you're excited for the next year with all your friends.