When school is about to start, nearly every college student can’t wait to get back to school. But once you’ve been in class for a few months, you yearn for your house and all things familiar. Here is a list of some of the things that you do when you’re home for spring break.
Sleep until noon without feeling guilty
There is no feeling quite like getting to sleep in your own bed. No amount of foam egg crate mattress toppers can make those dorm-issued Twin-XL beds comfortable. Plus, not needing to set an alarm for class: Best. Feeling. Ever.
You can do laundry knowing that the washer and dryer will be available
There is a specific kind of hatred reserved for those who steal the dryers right before you were about to flip your load of laundry. You walk into the laundry room minutes after them and the dryer that was empty that you were going to talk has been usurped by an ungrateful laundry goblin. When you’re home on spring break, you get to wash your laundry at any time of day and not have to worry about it smelling moldy from sitting in the washing machine while you wait for a dryer.
You get to hang out with all of your old friends from high school
Some friendships will last a lifetime, and those people will become some of the most important people you know. Once you go away to college, you might lose touch with a lot of those people. But no matter how long you go without seeing each other or talking to one another, you always manage to fall right back into your old patterns of late night conversations and midnight runs to Walmart.
You cuddle with all of your pets
This may be one of the most painful parts of going away to school. Not getting to see your dog greet you every time you walk in the door, or not having your cat keep your feet warm while you sleep is one of the saddest and loneliest things about college. There is something about our pets that make us feel calm, and getting to sit on the couch with a furry head in your lap is the happiest feeling of all.
You get to enjoy home cooked meals
While you may or may not have a kitchen in whatever dorm you live in, nothing you make in it can compare to when you dad grills up some tender steak tips or your mom’s famous risotto. School cafeteria food is only so impressive after months of eating the same meals week after week.
You actually like to hang out with your parents
Strange, I know, but the distance between you and your parents helps you appreciate them when you do see them. You like to chat about the drama at school, and they tell you everything that has been happening to them at work or in the neighborhood. You may not have been living ‘on your own’ but you found a new sense of freedom while at college, and your parents seem to understand that. So when they are ready to go to bed and you’re just going out, they are cool with it.
