While summer is a nice break from all of your educational endeavors, unfortunately summer always must come to an end. So, during late August or early September, you know it's time to head back to school and hit the books when you start to see all of Target's "back to school" ads. Unfortunately, this means all of the work you've done over Summer and the money that you've earned, probably goes toward this upcoming semester's tuition or textbooks that are "required," but never even touched. College is great! The only thing worse than high school is that you're actually paying to go to school, so it would just be a slap in the face to your parents if you screwed around and didn't put any work into your tertiary level schooling.
So ... After being out of school for so long, getting out of routine hits hard when school starts back up. These are some instances that are a rude awakening when heading back to college!
1. When textbooks cost more than your last paycheck.
Ironically, even if you rent your books or buy them used, you still have to pay hundreds of dollars for these stacks of papers that are even more irrelevant than the sh*t your professor talks about in class so that we all don't fall asleep!
2. When you realize that you have to get used to putting a toilet seat cover on the toilet every time you go to pee.
Yeah ... OK. I don't know about you, but TOTALLY freaks me out when all of the toilet seat covers are gone. Because ... I mean, everyone uses the same toilet!
3. When you realize that you actually have to start reading and writing again after not even touching a book or pen over the entire summer.
Oooh ... Yeah ... That's definitely not a good start to the semester. All of these lectures and my writing hand is just about dead after 5 minutes of notes. Yikes.
4. When you have to share a bathroom/room with someone after having your own for the last few months.
Well, I'm sorry. I'm used to having my own space and own everything, so I'm just gonna strip because that's what I'm used to. I know all of my stuff is everywhere ... I'm sorry! I guess it'll be a test of personal boundaries.
5. When you remember that you have to pretend to have your life together when you go to class for an hour.
Yeah ... So even though I just woke up 10 minutes ago, and power walked to class because running would be too much, I'm going to pretend like I'm ready to listen to your lecture about God knows what ... I mean, I don't even know what class I'm running to right now, I just know I have to go to it.
6. When you feel so stressed out that you just binge watch Netflix and avoid your responsibilities ... because hey! It's only Wednesday.
Chill. It's week one. Binge watch the f*ck out of Netflix because, well, why not? Stats homework can wait until the night before it's due ... even though I have no clue how to do it. No biggie.
7. When you get sick of school food the first week, but remember that you're a poor college student.
Since I'm not with my parents and don't have a job, this either means fast food or the cheapest thing on the menu. Well, I hope they have chicken strips?
8. When you have to call your parents to talk to them, rather than go into the other room of the house to ask them a question, you literally have to admit that you have no clue what's going on.
9. When you feel like you need to try really hard at the beginning of the semester, so you go in all dressed up with you hair curled and everything.
What a joke, right? I mean we all know next week I'm showing up to class in yoga pants and a sweatshirt! Probably even with my glasses. And if I'm feeling really fancy, I might even braid my hair for y'all!
10. When you've been given a ton of assignments at the same time, and can't decide which one is more important, so you feel like when Britney Spears had her mental breakdown in 2007.
11. When you have to set 5 alarms to wake up, so you'll get to class on time, or just as the professor starts lecturing.
Oops. Sorry I walked in when you started lecture ... But, like, I'm used to sleeping in until 11 or 12, so this whole 8 a.m. class thing isn't really working for me. Sorry?
12. When you go to take a shower and every other girl's hair is strewn across the shower door ... The wall ... EVERYWHERE!
That's just gross. Like hair is gross anyway, but girllllll, I don't wanna see your pile of leg hair all where I wanna put my bottle of shampoo!
13. When you suddenly become an awesome procrastinator again. And not just when it comes to chores!
That's right. Suddenly everything that's really important seems so unimportant that you have time to paint your nails and clean your room (which you never even dreamed of doing at home). Oh, and, I might even wear this shirt two times if I wear it once to my Monday/Wednesday class, and another time to my Tuesday/Thursday class before I do laundry.
14. When you have to tell everyone how to pronounce/spell your name during the first week of classes, plus do those sh*tty introductory games.
Yeah ... OK, OK ... I get my name is hard to pronounce, but I feel like whenever the professor takes role, it's this huge scene. Like, yeah. My name is hard to read, but it's not THAT HARD. I mean, come on. Sound it out. You can do it. But these sh*tty name games you have us playing? Nah. We gotta skip that part. Please and thank you!
15. When you have to catapult yourself up to change your sheets/make your bed.
So, suddenly you realize that it's been a month or two and you should probably wash your sheets. But ... That means that you have to put them back on your bed too. Well, with me being so short and my bed being so high up to the ceiling, this is going to take me about 1-2 hours without my mom — I'm not exaggerating. My roommate watched me and didn't help. It was a NIGHTMARE.
