Don't get me wrong, a month long break from school is great. You finally get to sleep in your own bed for longer than five days and forget what it is like to shower with shoes on. But because you are gone from school for such a long period of time, you get out of your routine and coming back can feel as though you are starting all over again.

I love Villanova and can't picture myself going anywhere else, but I was sad to leave home. The comfort you get from being home is one that cannot be replicated and after being away for so long I will never take that feeling for granted again. College is the place where you are constantly being put outside of your comfort zone, especially for me being an introvert. Being pushed out of my comfort zone has already made me grow as a person, but it was good to be home and simply be comfortable. So coming back to school, I had to mentally prepare myself to be challenged again.

Another thing that I felt when coming back to campus was dread, mainly about the food. I had been home for so long that I got used to home-cooked meals again. The first meal in the dining hall was a rude awakening that more homecooked meals are a long way away.

While I was upset about leaving home, I was also so excited to see all my friends at school. You don't realize the strong connections that you have made until you can't see them everyday. I didn't think I would miss my friends as much as I did. Seeing my friends again is what made me okay with getting on the plane to go back to school and bear the bad food and bad water pressure in the showers.