It's May. You are a college student who is ready to migrate to the beach and hang out with your friends from home. It's now August. You are now a college student, who is endlessly counting the days, the hours, and yes, even the seconds until you are back on campus. In between the time you leave campus to the time you return, you go through many stages of summer. Below are seven stages of summer, as shown through the eyes of a typical college student.

1. You are done with finals and are super pumped for summer to start.

2. You are now home. This means you have your own room, no more dining hall food for the next three months, you don't have to worry about schedules and club meetings, and you don't have to wear shoes to take a shower.

3. You sleep in until noon, because you practically pulled all-nighters in college, so naturally sleep deprivation finally catches up with you.

4. You get to finally see all of your old friends from high school and catch up, or talk about catching up and ultimately don't.

5. You look at your bank account and realize that you need money to function, which implies the start of summer job hunting.

6. It should be August at this point. You didn't go to the beach, you didn't get a summer job, and now you have to find the cheapest place to buy your textbooks for next semester.

7. You start counting down the days until you can move back, have freedom from your parents, wear the clothes you bought for school, go to college parties again, and most importantly see the wonderful people you became friends with in college.