I was born and raised in Chicago, so when I told my friends and family that I was traveling all the way to Arizona for college, they were all pretty shocked. I was one of the only kids among my friends to leave the Midwest for school, and it was a pretty big change.
Obviously, college is an adjustment and it takes time to get used to, but after my first semester freshman year, I was adjusted and loving my new life in Arizona. Still, though, all of the friends I had grown up with and was used to seeing every day were across the country, and it was very hard to go from seeing them every day to seeing them three times a year.
However, the good part about going to the University of Arizona is that everyone always wants to visit. We're known as the party school with hot students and bathing suit weather all year, so what's not to love?
That being said, I've been blessed with some visitors over the years, and honestly, having your friends from home visit you at school is one of the best things ever. The people you grew up with get to see you in your new element and meet all of your new friends, which is an overall recipe for a successful weekend.
Here are some things to expect when your friends from home visit you at school:
1. You will eat your weight in all of the food that your school is known for, regardless of how healthily you plan to eat that weekend.
2. You will drunk eat every night, because you convince yourself that it's a special occasion.
3. You will drink much more than you ever would on your own, because you want to prove how hard your school goes.
4. You will have to share a bed for an entire weekend, which isn't as fun as it sounds.
5. Your friends will end up becoming best friends with your visitor, and they will all just end up picking on you.
6. Your friends from school will learn about all of the embarrassing things you did growing up from your visitor.
7. You will not be able to take naps or even get a successful night's sleep, because you will feel compelled to make the most of every minute your visitor is here.
8. You'll go an entire weekend without opening your backpack, not realizing that you have three assignments due.
9. Your odds of doing something stupid will increase exponentially, because you and your visitor are terrible influences on one another.
10. Your bank account will be empty by the end of the weekend because you will convince yourself that everything is worth spending money on.
But most of all, you will thrive more than you ever could on your own.
This all said, RIP to my liver and my bank account, but shoutout to an epic weekend that I'll never forget with my best friend. Thanks for flying across the country to see me Dom, and thanks for not getting us arrested!
