As I start my first year of college, I never thought I would feel so at home in somewhere I did not know in the slightest bit. I thought I would go crazy with school work and want to constantly eat mac and cheese and never work out. However, that is not the case. My first week at college has taught me that I can accomplish anything I truly put my mind to. I do miss my family like crazy though.
I am an 18 year old girl who has never been far from home, or far enough to realize it was a bother. I am only an hour away, but the heart wants what it wants, and right now it could use my mom's breakfast sandwich with lots of melted cheese. Soon enough everybody will embark on the time of their life.
1. I miss the way my sister I would fight over stupid stuff.
My sister who is three years younger than me could fit into my clothes and would constantly steal them. We would fight over what was what and whose was whose. We had that final fight when I moved in and secretly stole some clothes that she took back home with her. If you have a sister you know exactly what I mean.
2. I miss how loud my grandparents would play their TV.
As I walk into my grandparents house, I could hear the TV from the outside. All these years I have complained about it, and now I miss the welcoming that would accompany the loud noises of the TV.
3. I miss how my mom would yell at me for not cleaning up properly.
Now, I live in an on-campus apartment and always have to clean up after myself, and now sometimes my roommates. I would love for my mom to come and just tell me how to properly clean up, even if it is slightly a scolding.
4. I miss how my dog barks at everything.
NEVER would I have guessed that I would miss how my dog barks at everything, and when I say everything I mean EVERYTHING! She would bark at leaves, the wind, the trees, the rain, and of course other dogs and people. I miss her more and more everyday and I would love to hear one of her barks right about now.
5. I miss the random dinner trips with my cousin.
My cousin is one of my best friends, and when all else failed I would turn to her for plans. In college, it is hard to find friends in the first week so you learn to appreciate and miss the people who have loved you forever and will always love you.
6. I miss coming home to Dad passed out on the couch.
Every night, after coming home from hanging out with my boyfriend or friends whether it was seven o'clock or 12 o'clock I would always find my dad passed out on the couch from a long hard day.
7. I miss my mom doing my laundry.
I know that isn't a huge surprise, but I miss the free laundry I would get and would never waste money on the smaller loads, because all my family laundry would get done at the same time. Plus, when my mom would do my laundry it was in my house, not down the street or down the hall like it is now.
8. I miss how my mom and dad make sandwiches.
Everybody can agree, the best sandwich maker is either your mom or dad. Well in my case, it's both. My sandwiches just don't quite compete with the master sandwiches my parents make.
9. I miss coming home to my sister.
After a long day of sitting out in the sun at my lifeguarding job where I would talk to nobody, I would come home to my wonderful sister and sit on her bed for a long time just talking due to the lack of human contact I had for hours before coming home.
10. I just simply miss home.
College is cool and all and I know it will be the time of my life, but as Dorothy once said, "There is no place like home."
