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5 Pros And Cons Of Being Home For The Summer After A Year At College

Coming home for the summer after a year away at college is weird.

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5 Pros And Cons Of Being Home For The Summer After A Year At College
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PROS

1. Dogs!!!

I mean, this really doesn’t require an explanation. Being reunited with my fluffs is the best thing about summer. They are constant sources of snuggles, companionship, and love.

2. I get to sleep starfish style again.

Patrick, who?

3. My parents pay for stuff again.

It is so nice to be able to go to dinner at a restaurant with a waiter and where you pay in money, not meal swipes. And it's even better when your parents pay.

4. No homework!

No textbooks, due dates, papers, or pointless assignments… Heaven on Earth. I am the vision of calm.

5. Car jam sessions are reborn

You don’t realize how much you miss belting Kelly Clarkson's “Since U Been Gone” alone in your car until you can’t do it anymore.

CONS

1. All of my friends now live 2+ states away.

All I feel is pain.

2. Time to make back all of the money you spent on 2 a.m. Domino’s orders.

More pain. Was the pizza really worth it? Was I even hungry?

3. Less time for naps.

When you return to the schedule of normal human beings, there is really no time for naps. There are no prime two hour napping periods in-between classes, just seven-hour shifts, and, you guessed it, more pain.

4. You have to drive EVERYWHERE.

You don’t realize how much gas costs or how far away everything is until you’re no longer on a campus that has everything. You have to drive to get food? Pain. You have to drive to get to the gym? Pain. You have to drive to see your friends? Pain.

5. All of your college student idiosyncrasies are weird now.

What do you mean its “unhealthy” to go to bed at 3 a.m. and wake up at 2 p.m., Mom?!

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