You’ve read all of the “Things You Miss About [Campus Name]” lists, reminisced on your previous year away at school, and prepared yourself to come back, but you may have forgotten some of the little things that make your time at school so enjoyable.
1. The shameless realization that you haven’t left your room in three days.
Or, maybe for someone normal, only one day. Regardless, this isn’t considered out of the ordinary when you're at school, everyone has done it one time or another. Whether you’ve spent all of the time studying or watching Netflix, someone down the hall is probably in the same boat as you.
2. Your favorite meal in the dining hall, even though it is super gross.
Okay, it’s still kind of good, or else you wouldn’t like it so much. Sometimes its been sitting out for a few hours, or the portion is smaller than the last time it was featured in the dining hall, but you power through, you don’t back down. This might be what you’ve been looking forward to all week, as sad as that sounds, so you’re going to make sure you savor every bite.
3. Turning in your essay one minute before it’s due.
As much as you hate the stress that comes with overwhelming class work and late nights, what you’re doing at school gives you a sense of purpose. That really hard essay for that really hard class makes you feel accomplished, and it pushes you to strive for something when all else fails.
4. Going to a coffee shop to get stuff done and feeling so grown up about it.
Or, heck, lets take it a step further: Going to a coffee shop for a meeting and feeling so grown up about it.The decision to get some work done in a new environment can either end nicely or horribly, depending on your attention span and the people you’re surrounded with that day. Sometimes, though, even the feeling of going somewhere professional to get important things done makes you feel more grown up than you really are.
5. The squirrels.
I probably didn’t have to tell you that you missed these little critters, you already knew, but I couldn’t go through this list without mentioning them. I guess the way your day brightens after seeing their little bushy tails speed across the botanical gardens can slip your mind at times.
6. That one kid at the football games who always tries and fails to start a chant.
As horrible as it may seem, this is always very amusing. Not only the fact that no one ever, and I mean ever, joins in on his or her “BLEED GREEN BLEED WHITE” chant, but the fact that this person is never phased by it. It is quite admirable, to say the least.
7. Walks to class.
Okay, sometimes this one is the absolute worst, but you also miss it. Especially when the seasons change, or when you walk all the way to class just to find out that its canceled (I understand many people will disagree with me on this one, I’ve prepared myself). Plus, it’s a great way to get daily exercise, which makes up for those lazy days we discussed, remember? When you don't leave your room? Yeah, those days.
