It Is Okay To Not Want To Leave College For The Summer
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It Is Okay To Not Want To Leave College For The Summer

I am going to miss my friends more than anything in the world.

Georgia Jane Michael
May 15, 2017
Stevenson University
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It Is Okay To Not Want To Leave College For The Summer
Newsweek

Ten months ago we were packing up our belongings to move into that college dorm where so many memories were about to happen.

We did not know what was in store for us but when we got there, we just wanted to go home. The homesickness lasted quite a while, but then we were having the time of our lives. Who knew the girls a couple doors down would be your best friends and the guys across the hall would be like brothers to you? You had no idea when you moved into that dorm room on the first day. Now, we are packing up our belongings to go home for a long three months and we never want to leave.

I stood in the doorway of my friends' dorm stalling to get into the car and drive away for three months. I thought moving away from home would be one of the hardest things I would ever have to do. Nothing beats leaving your best friends for three months for the summer. This year consisted of so many life changing events like teenagers turning into adults. College consists of so many friends, memories, laughs and love.

This is the experience that we have been waiting for our whole entire lives.

College is home to us now.

Home is where and your roommate pee your pants from laughing so hard. Home is where you argue with your friends about what movie to watch. Home is where your friends are. It is okay to call college home and to miss it for these long three months of summer vacation. Now, start counting down the days where you and your friends are reunited to begin new memories for the next year.

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