Summer is wonderful. The weather is warm, the sun is shining, pools are open, there are no classes, the days are longer etc. It’s the perfect time to catch up on all of your favorite shows, books and movies. It’s the time to relax, let loose and have fun. Summer is great until you realize that it means you don’t get to see some of your favorite people, possibly for months.
Once you go away to school most people start to lose touch with some of their high school friends. You become really close to the people that you go to school with instead, and while it is wonderful to see those old friends when you get home for summer break, you cannot help but miss the people that you’ve grown so close with at school. For me, and I am sure many others, those people are my sorority sisters, my little in particular.
I go to classes with my sisters, live in the same residence hall as they do, eat dinner with them, study together and we go out together. I get to see many of them several times a week, some daily. I am lucky enough to know someone that share my major; we took almost all of the same classes and lived only a few floors apart in our residence hall. I saw her literally every day. Now that summer is in full swing I don’t get to see them. And. It. Sucks.
The people I would normally go with late at night for last minute food runs are now 30 plus minutes away. And our super late nights of crafting, watching movies and talking are far and few between as everyone has jobs and very different schedules to keep. Meeting for lunch is now something that has to be planned much farther ahead than a text saying “I’m heading to the union.” No more grabbing food after meetings and talking for hours or “studying” at the library. I can’t just run over to the house and see what everyone is up to.
Summer gives me a whole new appreciation for the time I get to spend with my sisters when I am at school. I miss the crazy schedules, long nights and good friends. I miss seeing my little every day. I miss talking to my sisters for hours on end, losing track of time as we chat. I miss seeing the people that have become such a big part of my life. And as much as I love the summer, I cannot wait to get back to school to see my sisters!
