Planning a trip home for the weekend is something that every college student experiences at some point in their lives. This is especially true for those of us college students that moved away from home, out of our comfort zones, over the years to start a new adventure; or even if home for you is in your college town, you've probably moved out of your house and still plan a weekend or a day to spend at home, because let's be real, it will always be home.
There's something about going home.
Home is a familiar place, a safe zone for most, and a place of comfort in the midst of the stress of college life. Classes started less than a month ago, but classes are already filled with quizzes, tests, and stressful happenings that will require you to take a break, rest your mind, rejuvenate, and keep going. I say, take a trip home, because there's something about going home.
Sometimes making a trip home is just to see your family or see your significant other if you're trying to make long distance work. Just because you might have moved away to go to college and started a new chapter in your college town, don't throw away your relationships with your family or with your boyfriend or girlfriend. Remember why they all are so important and why you love them all so much. Take a trip home, remind yourself that you love seeing your mom or dad and doing something with them that you love to do together. Take your boyfriend or girlfriend out and remind yourself why you love them and your hometown.
Take a trip home to actually have a stove in your kitchen to use, because on-campus housing doesn't have that as an option. Bake all of your favorite things, your roommate's favorite things, and bring all of the goodies back to share with your college best friends and roommates. They'll love you forever and you will forever be grateful for a stove and home baked goods.
After four years away at college, I know this to be true: there's something about going home. My college town has become my home away from home, but spending a weekend in my hometown always reminds me of who I am, where I'm from, allows me to see how far I've come and how much I've grown over these years. More importantly, it shows me that I can do this. I can be strong on my own, outside of my hometown safe place. I love and cherish my family and hometown friends more, and the time I get to spend with them more, because I don't get to see them as often.
Just remember, that there is always something about going home.
