I once heard that college makes you miss home, but home makes you miss college, and in reality this statement can’t be more than true. Summer for college students seems like a dream come true for the first week, until it becomes responsibilities at your internship/job and boredom from being separated from your college buds, and no one knows this better than an out of state student who goes home for the summer.
1. The most exciting part of the week are the days you work.
Sure lounging around reading a good book or justcatching up on sleep is great, for the first two weeks of break that is. But if there’s one thing about college, it most definitely keeps you busy either with school work, parties, or just hanging out with your friends who live across the hall. So when it comes time to getting some much needed relaxation, you’re just not into it, and working at the mall is always a lot more entertaining than staring at the TV for hours.
2. You find most of your high school buds didn’t come home…again.
Maintaining friendships after high school is hardenough, but it’s even worse when you’re a couple of states apart. Sure you keep up with each other on Facebook and leave cute comments on Instagram, but more than likely that’s the longest conversation you’ve had since graduation. And to be honest, you only really keep up with about three of the friends you graduated with, and of that three, only one will come home.
3. Skype is your best friend...most of the time.
This is especially true if you’re in a long-distance relationship with someone who isn’t out of state, but even so if you’re just looking to talk to your actual best friend. You find yourself scheduling times around work and even basketball games so you can see each other for at least ten minutes. And if there’s a time difference, well someone will be missing out on sleep that night. You will find that this new friend of yours will have it’s moments and stop working, though.
4. Most of your money goes into planning trips to see your college buds.
Your college friends may be from different hometowns, but they're all still a forty-five-minute drive from each other, you on the other hand, well, you’re a ten-hour drive. Everything you make, and if you’re lucky, a little help from your parents, goes into that fourth of July trip to see your friends, leaving you with nothing to spend on yourself or to save for later.
5. You spend too much time with you parents.
You know you spend too much time with your parents
when you’ve befriended all of their friends because your parents have a better social life than you.
6. Running into people you graduated with is even more awkward.
glimpse of someone at the grocery store, because you can easily just hide, but when they’re right in front of you, an awkward conversation is a must and it typically includes, “What are you doing home?”
7. You’re constantly asked why you chose to go out of state.
Every time you’re home, even for just a short visit,you’re always asked, “Don’t you ever get homesick?” Yes, of course, you do, but that doesn’t make you change your mind on your college decision at all. Sure it’s nice to come home for a bit, and sure you get a little restless if you’re home for long periods of time, but honestly your decision to go out of state was one of the best you’ve had yet, and you wouldn’t change it.
