So it's four weeks into summer and we are already going crazy. Our parents have already scheduled all of our doctor's appointments, we have applied to every summer job possible, and we have gone to all of our favorite restaurants. So what's left? Do we result to watching paint dry or asking our parents if they need us to grocery shop? Neither sound too good to me. Why is this happening? Why is it that the summers after high school were nothing short of amazing but the summers during college are just plain boring?
Simple, we moved on. College has been filled with exciting adventures and spontaneous outings making the normal life we used to live not as satisfying. Whether you're from a beautiful city on the east coast like Boston or Los Angeles like me, college is where your heart is at. We come home from the crazy parties, beautiful campus and new, amazing friends to see the same place we have seen most of our lives. And while home is always comforting, three months is just too long. We have built our new lives in college and summer takes it away from us within a blink of an eye.
Don't get me wrong. Home is a beautiful place. Mom or dad's cooking makes dorm food look like plastic and the cleanliness of home makes you realize that you were probably living in a hazardous environment. Seeing your family feels like old times and catching up with high school friends makes it feel like you never left. But that is when you start to realize that you outgrew home. Home is not as fun because we have experienced a new world, a more exciting one.
When my mom was helping me pack up my dorm room, I was too excited to leave. I was craving home and was barely even thinking about all the things I was going to miss. But now as I sit here writing this article, without my best friend across the way and with no meal plan to spend, I realize everything I'm missing. I miss being walking distance from all of my friends. I miss seeing all the beautiful faces in my sorority. I miss meeting new people every day and saying "hi" to the ones I know on campus. I miss mean plan and the constant walking that campus brings. I also miss complaining about meal plan and the constant walking that campus brings. And I even miss the library (who have I become?). But overall, I just miss the college life.
So, yeah, we are only four weeks into summer and I'm extremely bored and ready to go back to school. And when we're back at school, we know we'll want to come home. But until then, we will miss the college life more than anything. And while most of us will probably binge watch about ten different t.v series on Netflix, and while others will be ambitious and delete Netflix to "pursue better things in the world," we will count down the days until we are back. Because while it may seem like time is going slow, soon we will be dressing up for the next theme party.
