Coming home is great. Although we’ll miss our college towns for three months, it’s so nice to come home to a giant bed and very little responsibility. However, the realization of living in my parents’ house again didn’t really hit me until I got back. I’ve only been gone for a year, but I forgot how different living three hours away is, rather than living right down the hall. Here are some quotes I hear from my mom on the reg, quotes that got old the first time she said them.
1. “Did you make your bed this morning?”
I’m a firm believer in the art of not making the bed. I have a couple of theories: I am going to get right back in it tonight, so why do I have to make it up? Also, nobody is coming to the house today, so nobody is going to know that I didn’t make the bed. The bed doesn’t sleep differently when I make it up versus when I don’t make it up -- were you just looking out for me? I appreciate it, Mom, but it’s OK, I’m very comfortable when my bed isn’t made.
2. “Where are you?”
I know that I’m by no means a grown woman. I don’t pay my bills, I’m still young, and my mom has every right to ask me where I am, but I’m still a little confused… I never got this text while I was living three hours away, but now that I’m home, I get it anytime I go anywhere. [Goes to eat Mexican food.] “Where are you?” [Gets gas.] “Where are you?” [On the way to bring her lunch like the phenomenal daughter that I am.] “Where are you?”
3. “You have to stop watching so much Netflix.”
But Mom, Meredith Grey has a really big surgery today and I was hoping I could scrub in. Push one of epi.
4. “Are you really going to wear that?” and ”Are you going to put on makeup today?”
I get this one a lot, and it’s justified. During the semester, I “didn’t have time” (A.K.A. didn’t care) to get dressed every day. Now that I’m home, my mom likes to comment frequently on my appearance. Honestly, I don’t blame her; I look really rough a lot of the time. My daily attire is a large T-shirt, Nike shorts, and tennis shoes. Makeup? Nowhere to be found. I’m sorry, Mom. I like the effortless/homeless look. I think it’s in right now.
5. “While you’re out, could you run a few errands?”
My mom has always told me to do things with a happy heart, even if you’re not really feeling it. So every time I hear these words, I have to remind myself of all she’s done for me. It doesn’t make me like running to Walmart, but I just smile and do it anyways.
6. “Are you going to make any money this summer?”
This makes me cringe a little bit. I know I shouldn’t be a sitting duck all summer, but if moms only knew the true hardships one can face during a full year of college at a great university in a fantastic college town, they would understand why getting a job really does not sound that pleasant.
I hate hearing these things, but I’ll listen to them all day if it means I get to spend a full three months with my mom. I wish you would say these six things a little less, but that’s OK -- you’re still really awesome, and I still really love you. But I still really don’t want to make the bed. Love you, mean it.
