Ah, sweet sweet college. Between all the friends you make, all the parties you go to and all the school sponsored events you attend- it's hard to imagine what you're going to do next year without it all. As you begin to descend into your final month of college, you start to think about all those things that will fill those college voids so ...
1. You panic.
You begin to think about all those things past your diploma: you need a job, you need a place to live, and new friends in this new place? Forget it, your emotions are high and you don't want to even think about anything in your perfect little college bubble having to change.
2. You cry.
This and your "panic" stage go hand-and-hand. You cry because that job you want so badly hasn't called you back. You cry because the thought of leaving your friends and roommates is unbearable. You cry because no one is going to be able to understand you like your friends and your roommates. And let's be honest, sometimes you even cry at the thought of a 40-hour work week next year instead of sleeping until 11 o'clock.
3. You eat at all your favorite local restaurants, as much as possible.
Scenario 1: You're moving away and you won't be able to get that famous townie burger when you're hungry after studying on a random Wednesday night.
Scenario 2: Between trying to balance all the going out you're making sure you get in before graduation and all the studying you have to do to make sure you pass your classes before graduation ... grocery shopping well, isn't an option.
4. You begin to take an obscene number of pictures.
It's your last month (panic again). You need to remember how fun your college experience was, so you start snapping like crazy. Yeah, there's that one friend who will constantly get annoyed because she feels like she's always taking the picture instead of being in it, but hey, you need to remember this, it'll be interesting in twenty years, instead of telling stories to our kids about college, we'll be showing them our saved snap stories.
5. You, shockingly, put your Netflix show on the back burner.
Crazy, right?! You never thought you'd be able to pull yourself away from that cliff-hanging episode of Grey's Anatomy but here you are. The weather is getting nicer, the days are getting longer, and you are (*panic*) running out of days to be a college delinquent, for lack of better words.
6. You cherish the little moments.
The little moments, ya know. Like when you're at lunch with some of your closest friends and you realize how lucky you are to have them in your life. Or when you're out at a party and you stop and think, "Man, I'll never be this young and free again." College has a funny way of teaching us some of our biggest life lessons, helping us overcome some of our biggest struggles, and really putting life into perspective.
College, I'll miss ya man. It was a fun ride.
