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Being Home For Summer Without Your Friends

What life is like when everyone else is still at school.

Being Home For Summer Without Your Friends
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At first, it's kind of nice. You can do whatever you want without the obligation of coordinating plans with all your friends. Then the loneliness sets in. In college you see your friends 24/7, whereas at home, if your high school friends haven't returned or your parents moved to a different state after you graduated (thanks, mom and dad!), you have to find ways to have fun by yourself.

1. You wake up and realize that you can do whatever you want

Unless, of course, you're already on your sh*t and have a job.

2. You go downstairs for breakfast, where an unreal amount of food awaits in the fridge

Pancakes for one? Duh. You have nothing else to do, so why not cook yourself an awesome breakfast?

3. You add a photo of your creation to your Snapchat story

Making your friends who are still taking finals jealous.

4. You still have a couple suitcases to unpack, but are you going to do that today?

NOPE. No one's seeing your room, so what's the point?

5. You put your dishes in the sink and head back to your room

6. You then think to yourself, what's the next best thing to having fun with your own friends?

Watching other people have lives on TV!

7. You type" Netflix" into your browser and begin watching the next episode of your favorite show

One episode turns to two, then three, and before you know it, it's been two hours.

8. Your mom yelling at you to wash your dishes snaps you out of your binge-watching stupor

You almost forgot that you aren't in your college apartment anymore, where you can leave dirty dishes in the sink for days.

9. You clean the dishes

10. You think about what to do next

11. You Snapchat your friends

12. You think about what to do next

13. Since you don't have an excuse, you decide to go to the gym

14. Your gym clothes feel kind of tight

Nothing like a little motivation.

15. You drive to the gym and work out for a WHOLE HOUR

Your legs are so tired by the end that you can barely walk back to your car.

16. You get home and take the longest shower ever in your unshared bathroom

17. You sit on the couch with your laptop and multitask

And by multitasking I mean watching TV and online shopping at the same time.

18. Your mom calls you to help with dinner

Definitely missed having home-cooked meals.

19. After dinner, you actually clean the dishes this time

20. You watch TV or read until you decide to go to bed

21. You realize that besides going to the gym, you've been extremely unproductive today

22. You literally can't wait to see your friends again

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