Every year as the spring semester comes to a close students everywhere start ramping up for a summer full of lazy sunny days and exciting travel adventures. However, as we head home for the summer a wave of emotions crashes over us and sooner than later we are marking off our calendars to head back to school.
1. YES!! As singer songwriter Alice Cooper once screamed, I mean sang, "School's out for summer!" We've all pictured the waiting for the last final to end, throwing our papers in the air, running down the hallway, movie scene that we've watched a million times.
2. The first night out of school tends to be one of partying it up one last time and avoiding packing for home as hard as you can. It may be a night out at a club or bar, maybe a frat party to round out the year, either way it's you, friends, and the lovely feeling of no class tomorrow.
3. Then the morning comes and through your headache and exhaustion you know it's time to pack on up and head on out. Onwards to the great realm of summer and away from this place that is home for 9 months of your life.
4. You finally get home for the break and you sit down to think of all the possibilities you have to do for the next 3 months. You can lay by the pool, go on a vacation, road trip with some friends... anything is possible.
5. As the first two weeks go by you rush to catch up with all your friends back home, there's girls nights, and lunch dates and seeing the movies you've missed through the year.
6. Then your busy plans start winding down, friends go to summer jobs, you're tired of going out and the pull of Netflix calls your name.
7. As much as you love your friends back home, you start missing your school people. You miss your sorority sisters or fraternity brothers. You miss those 2 am Whataburger and Taco Bell runs. You miss all nighters in the library doing everything except what you're supposed to be doing.
8. Next thing you know you are asking Siri, how many days until August 24, or whatever day you move in. Marking off each day as it gets a little closer.
9. Slowly you start craving the things you said you hated, bad caf food, going to classes, staying up late when you know you have class tomorrow and even your annoying roommate you thought you'd never miss.
10. Then the week before school is here, and you are so excited to head back, you will look back at summer as agood friend you won't see for awhile, until next year.
