When you were in grade school, everyone seemed to look forward to summer. Pool parties, no homework, and beach trips. It was the eleven weeks of freedom that you could get before having to go back to school the following nine months of the year.

It was a much-needed break filled with late nights, friends, ice cream, warm weather, and sunsets.

However, in college, summer takes on a whole other meaning. In college, summer means getting a job. And although you like making money, you tire of the 9-10 hour days, 5 days a week. You constantly have to tell your friends "sorry, I can't, I have work." You have to think about taking off time weeks in advance for vacations or other commitments to avoid getting a scheduling conflict. Because that's what you're expected to do as an adult, right?

You're expected to work. Here are just a few of those little things we have to deal with as a part of the workforce.

Getting scheduled for shifts starting at an ungodly hour in the morning.

Forgetting your morning coffee because you overslept your alarm.

And then feeling the urge to surf Snapchat and Instagram on your phone when you have a single minute off.

Dealing with difficult (or strange) coworkers.

But trying to be friendly and do your job anyway.

Asking for time off and not getting it.

But then asking for another week and getting it off.

Then going to work for the weeks leading up to your time off just daydreaming.

Coming home from vacation.

But then the feeling of walking home with your paycheck and knowing that you didn't waste your time.

Because, the working life can really feel great sometimes.