1. Getting in the car to drive home and imagining all the home cooked meals you're about to have.
Dogs, DVR and macaroni and cheese, y'all.
These are the greater things in life.
2. When you walk in the door and your parents are like...
Your dad jokes about how he hasn't seen you in ages. There's a 50/50 chance that mom is either crying or nagging.
3. Seeing your beloved pets and they get too excited to see you.
Tongues. Are. Flying.
BEWARE.
4. You've been looking forward to home cooked meals for weeks, but your mom asks you where you want to grab food from.
I mean, sure, I missed you, Panda Express?
4. Your mom actually makes your favorite meal and you're so excited that you watch in anticipation.
Did you say mac n' cheese?
5. Your bed. Enough said.
NO MORE BACK PROBLEMS ... until you fall off the bed from jumping on it.
6. Losing your newness to your pets and now they want nothing to do with you.
What am I, chopped liver? No, I am not giving you that either.
7. Getting to relax and take a shower/bath for as long as you want in YOUR own (clean) bathroom.
The water at your dorm does not get nearly as hot as it does back at home.
8. All the adults want to hear all about your experiences.
"You're not partying too much, are you?" (No, I'm too broke.)
"Isn't it much harder than high school?" (Yes and I'm still bad at math.)
"How's life in the real world?" (Like I said, I'm broke. It's awful.)
9. The local high school students stare at you in jealousy and awe.
Freedom is awesome but with freedom comes responsibility, debt and the possible Freshman 15 if you're not careful. Watch out, kiddos. Yes, I will call you kiddos because it makes me feel cool and important even though we're only a few years apart.
10. You reunite with a bunch of your high school friends.
Just kidding, you only have one or two that you still keep up. (Spoiler alert: most of your friends in high school will not stay your friends after you leave town.)
11. It's time to head back.
You are sentenced back to college, where you can eat all the fast food and stay out as late as you want. What a shame.
In reality, your parents want you out of the house by now and so they give you a good thumbs up when you hit the road. They don't bother you until you get near the campus to make sure you survived the trip.
You can make it until the next break. Just think of the mac n' cheese to pull you through.
