Ahh, Summer. A time for no school, no stress, fewer clothes, fewer worries and more fun in the sun. A time that should be spent on a beach with your best friends, laughing and making memories well into the night, documenting all your adventures and tan lines on Instagram for all to see. I’m that bitter person, lying in bed, jealously looking at your Insta.
Let’s be honest, who here actually enjoys summer? I know I don’t. I just got my first sunburn of the season and it’s beginning to peel and I’m so not okay with it. So this is for everyone who catches themselves asking “is Summer over yet?” on a daily basis.
1. Your summer actually just officially started because you took those two 8-week summer classes to get ahead in school
2. You’re home. Like home-home. Like living at your parents' place for the summer home. And it sucks.
3. You’re away from most of your friends
4. The friends who stayed at school for the summer turn up almost every night and you get to watch it all unfold via social media
5. If you’re not in class or sitting at home, you’re working because we’re all broke college kids
6. You’ve started going to bed before 10:00 pm and that’s a new low in itself
7. Your mom sees you being home as the perfect opportunity to get you to drive your siblings all over the world, run her errands and pick up some extra chores
8. You can only refresh Facebook and Twitter so many times
9. Vacation? Not for you. You’re living vicariously through other people’s vacations that are documented via Snapchat
10. You’ve run out of Netflix shows to watch so now you’re re-watching shows
11. You hate the hot weather and the humidity really doesn't agree with your hair
12. You’re beginning to daydream about that statistics class you have to take this fall
13. You’re in a group chat with your friends from school and it just makes you miss them that much more
14. You have to pay to use the gym at home. And if you refer to point number 5, you’ll remember that we are poor.
15. Going to the occasional family dinner and a movie is a big night out for you
16. You don’t wear makeup and yes you have worn that shirt for three days straight now and no you don't care if it's getting kinda stinky
17. Grocery shopping is becoming a big thrill for you
18. Beach bod? More like a couch bod
19. You’ve downloaded and deleted and then re-downloaded Tinder. But the guys at home are just weird and a tad bit on the creepy side even if they’re from your school.
20. You’ve been counting down the days until you go back since the first day of summer
Hang in there guys! We’re so close to going back to our friends, our campus, our parties and our home.
