Coming home for the summer from college is a big transition for everyone. You forget you have to tell your parents when you are leaving the house, and to let them know you got home safe from a night with friends. You want find a job not because of money, but because you are actually turning into a human vegetable.
1. You will always have a connection with your friends from high school.
It does not matter how many months it's been since you last spoke, you can see them, and it will be like no time has passed. These people were your friends when you were pimple-y, had braces and rocked Hollister. Let's face it, anyone who has seen you looking that bad will be by your side forever.
2. You will learn how to be alone again.
At school you never have to be alone if you don't want to. Someone is always there to make a Target trip, Taco Bell run or just stay in and watch a movie. Now that you are home, being alone never seemed so difficult. You never realized how social you really had become until you came home and turned into a Hobbit.
3. Netflix is your only constant.
Netflix never lets you down no matter the location. He is the friend that will always hang out and will never say, "No, I have to work." He also puts you at ease when you think your parents are about to push you to your mental breaking point.
4. Your parents love it.
They love having you home because they actually missed you, or because they have really been struggling without that extra person to drive your sibling to practiceāwho really knows. Your parents were beginning to loose control during the eight months you were away, which became scary for them. They now also have the control leash back in their hands, and they freaking love it.
Even though it is hard you figure out how to morph your life back into a somewhat distorted version of how it was in high school. The most important thing you can learn is to enjoy your time at home because time living with your parents short-lived. They know you are getting older, but they also know they are also. Even though it is a difficult transition because you are used to being on your own, try and make the most of every second you get to spend at home with your family this summer.
