With all the excitement that's happening on campus, and all the friends to hangout with, it can be hard to want to schedule time to go home. Add in Snapchat and Instagram, and getting in the car to make the trek home to hang out with parents can sound very unappealing. So here are somethings to keep in mind when you're trying to muster up the energy to pack your bags and go home.

1. Real food

It doesn't matter how good your school's food is, nothing compares to mom's cooking (or in some cases lack of cooking).

2. Real family dinners

One of the things I miss most about home is everyone sitting down and taking their time to eat together. Whenever I eat at school, everyone's alway rushing off to do something or be somewhere. It's nice to sit down and have a conversation with someone without worrying about homework or the cafeteria closing.

3. Pets

Anyone who says they don't miss their pets has no soul. I may get frustrated when I find their hair all over my black leggings at home, but when I find a little lab hair on my leggings at school, well that's enough to get me teary eyed.

4. Family

I feel like every time I come home there's always something new and amazing that's happening with everyone. Or at the very least there's some family drama that I can laugh at.

5. Parents

I literally spent all of middle school avoiding them, and now I think they're pretty cool. Go figure.

6. Clothes

The amount of clothes I have is ridiculous. Like it's insane that I can take almost half my clothes to school, and still finding myself needing something I left at home. I frequently make trips home with literally nothing but myself and come back with bags and bags of my clothes.

7. Friends

There's not a ton of kids that I still talk to from high school after a year of college, but those that I do, I like to see and visit whenever I can. They're the real day one homies, and I would grab coffee with them any day.

8. Sometimes You Need a Break

College is exhausting, mentally and physically. Sometimes you need to go home, sleep in your own bed and just bum around for a while. Eat some cereal and go to Target with your siblings, the mundane situation will calm you down nine times out of 10.

9. Laundry

So what if your school has free laundry, or your mom doesn't fold your clothes the way you like them. There is nothing like having freshly cleaned clothes done by your mommy with love.

10. You WILL miss it

It doesn't matter how many times you said you wouldn't. It's home and there's nothing like it in the world.