Time flew by, and all of a sudden, it's the end of the second semester and you're all packed up and travelling home. It's harder than you think it might be, saying goodbye to the place you called "home away from home" for the past eight months. Your college campus became home and the friends you made became family. Once you get home and unpack all the things from your dorm, spending three months not on campus, you all of a sudden feel bored out of your mind and empty. Three months doesn't seem like a whole lot of time, but for those of us who wanted to stay on campus to be with all our new friends, three months is too long to be separated.

Of course I missed my actual home, my family, and my old friends and it's great to see them after a while, however, not getting to see the people who I practically lived with and made my college experience a great one so far is a lot harder than I thought. Saying goodbye before the summer is never easy, it's even harder when the people you're saying goodbye to are the people who loved you, cared for you, and treated you like family when going through a whole new chapter of life in your first year of college.

Over the past year that I have been in College, I met so many amazing people who taught me new things, hung out with me and created memories, and who truly accepted me for who I was. While I know that I will see most of them again after a few months, a part of me feels empty without them. It's even harder when we all live in different towns and states. Travelling to see your friends isn't always an option, so the only way of communication is to text or message them.

The people I met this year are my family, and the place I had been living for eight months in is now my new home. It's the place I experienced the biggest change in my life; becoming an independent adult. In a way, leaving College for the summer is like leaving home, only to then go to another place you called home before. My actual home is still very close in my heart and of course I'll always love where I came from and the people I grew up with, but my new home is calling for me, and I can't wait until I can be back there, embracing all my friends and spending every day with them again.