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5 Reasons I'm Not Ready to Start Second Semester

School...need I say more?

Kristen Breen
Jan 21, 2016
Western New England University
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5 Reasons I'm Not Ready to Start Second Semester
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Earlier today I moved all of my belongings back into my tiny dorm room. As I left home I thought I was ready to be back on campus with my friends, and excited to take on second semester. Then I realized all that moving back into my cozy quarters entailed and wished I was back home sitting on my couch doing nothing all day. At this point, I would give anything to have just a few more days back in my hometown with my family and high school friends around. I am nowhere near ready for second semester to begin, and here's why.

1. Dining Hall Food

There is nothing I will miss more than my mom's homemade meals. I may have gained back all of the weight I lost since school started eating her waffles, cookies, and whatever she decided to make for dinner each night, but I'm totally okay with that. I am definitely not ready to have practically the same options at each meal for the next four months.

2. Classes

Obviously, with a new semester comes new classes, and I am just not ready to start using my brain again. I thought I was ready for my new classes, but in all honesty I would be perfectly content if I never had to step foot in one of those classrooms again.

3. The Bed

Unfortunately, I do not have the luxury of having a two inch thick mattress topper on my bed at school. I am definitely not looking forward to sleeping on a bed that's just as comfortable as the floor especially after having slept in the comfort of my amazing bed at home for the past month.

4. People

For the past month I have skillfully avoided as many social interactions as possible. Besides my closest friends and family I have not had many encounters with people since I left school last semester. I've barely been on campus for an hour and that has already changed, running into people I'm familiar with everywhere I turn.

5. Life

As each semester passes, the real world approaches faster and faster. I'm only in my second semester of freshman year and the idea of facing the real world is already scaring me. Each day that passes in the new semester brings the real world closer to happening, and I'd be okay to hold that off for awhile.

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