When you live in a residence hall at school, you get used to living with over 100 people and seeing someone no matter where you go, no matter what time. Now, you’re home, living with just your family that you live with over winter and summer breaks and there aren’t that many of you. You see each other everyday, but they’re your family, not your friends.

You can’t just text your brother and say, “let’s hit the mall,” or ask Dad if he wants to grab lunch. You can’t ask your mom at 2:00 in the morning to go to have a midnight snack because she most likely has to go to work. You can just walk in your sister’s room when you need to talk about all the boy drama, but she doesn’t know who the boy is because he’s from school.

Sure, you have friends at home that you haven’t seen much because you were at school, but they aren’t the friends you made there. They aren’t the friend that you could text at any time of the day to just hang out or go for a drive. They aren't the friend that you got trashed with every weekend for a solid month. They aren’t the friend that sat with you at the dining hall or outside while watching the guys walk by and playing “hot or not,” hoping that the guys didn’t hear you. They also aren’t the friend that you just spent almost every waking minute with from January until May.

While you promise your friends from home that you’ll see them and you’ll grab lunch a couple days, you still feel a little bit alone because you miss your other set of friends that you basically lived with all school year. Make the time to see both your home and college friends, because before you know it, you’ll be away from home and you’ll be stuck with your college friends again for another year.