Finals week is quickly approaching and everyone is trying to get all their assignments done on time, but the one thing I have on my mind as this semester comes to a close is just being able to go home and see my family.
School becomes very stressful towards the end of the semester. Thanksgiving break is almost a tease because you finally get to go home and live your usual life before you came to school, but then quickly return to school and you have five assignments due on the same day or if you're lucky, within the same week.
When I go home for the holidays, or any other time we have a break, I fall right back into my routine as if I didn't even leave for the semester. Everything comes so second nature and it keeps me at ease while I'm home, but there are certain things that I like doing when I head home this holiday season.
1. Having MY room once again.
Of course, the room I have to myself on campus is very nice — especially since it has a full size bed. I like the bed, but I like my room back home even more. The easy access to the bathroom — having it to myself, isn't bad either. I just like being in my room; My room is my sanctum and I just feel more at ease with my physical self in the room I lived in majority of my life.
2. Free Wifi.
Of course the wifi at my house is amazing, and it doesn't crash on me when I'm doing assignments or watching something on Netflix — usually Family Guy. I try to avoid using the internet so much, so I can spend time with my family. But would YOU not use your laptop or other electronic device at your house when the wifi isn't awful? Plus, with the actual working wifi, I can catch up on all the anime I didn't get the chance to watch, besides YURI!!! On Ice.
3. Making daily food trips.
Here on campus, I do not have a car. So, when I want to go somewhere I usually have to rely on friend to take me somewhere, or I use the Zipcar they have here on campus, and sometimes that's a hassle. While I'm home, I can just hop in my mom's car and go to Chick-fil-A that's just a couple miles from home. Sometimes, I treat myself and go to Outback to get some delicious Aussie Cheese Fries. I can literally taste them now.
4. Being able to go on errands.
I was the child, and still am the child, who goes on errands with their parents. It's a nice way to get out of the house so I'm not stuck in my room all day, plus I'm usually of help when it comes to making dinner for the next few days or I happen to be home and I cannot go anywhere. Plus, how can you pass up a trip to the mall or the library when your car is sitting outside waiting for you to drive it?!
5. Being lazy.
The semester wears you out, and being able to come home and not do anything sounds really nice. Of course, there will be a chore or two that I'll have to do, but that beats doing a 10 page paper due in a week, doesn't it? It just feels so rewarding actually doing absolutely nothing.
As my first senior semester comes to a close, I really look forward to being at home and not doing everything for the next few weeks. I still have one more semester until I am completely finished with my undergraduate career.
