Being home for the summer is leaving one life and entering another part. The person you are at home is often not exactly the same person you are at school and visa versa. However, no matter who you are there are many things college students look forward to the most about coming home for the summer.
1. Home cooked meals.
Dining hall food can be good, sometimes. Cooking food in your own place can be good more often than not. But there is nothing like coming home and having someone else make your favorite meal and doing the dishes for you. No plates to clear, no dishwasher to load, leftovers are around all t he time. Something just tastes better about eating food cooked and cleaned by someone else. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure you'll do the adult thing and help clean, but really it's still better.
2. Pets, pets, pets.
If you have a dog or a cat or a gerbil, coming home to that beloved animal can be the most joyful and exciting time of your life. Never mind the loving parents and curious siblings waiting behind that door. The pet you have missed with all your heart will finally be back in your arms for a blissful three and a half months. What could be better?
3. My BFF Jill
Nearly every person knows that when you go home you finally get to see all those people that go to different colleges like a million miles away that you only see like twice a year that you've just missed so dang much! Reuniting with old best friends is good medicine for the heart. Not only do you finally get to catch up on each others' lives and the good gossip new around town. You finally feel right back at home. Having your best friends around again makes it easier to adjust to being back at home.
4. NO HOMEWORK!!!
As much as us college students value the great education that we are receiving at our prestigious universities, there is nothing like the feelings of waking up and remembering that you don't have class, or homework, or a paper, or a test, or anything even remotely school related because this isn't high school and teachers don't assign summer reading anymore. It's basically a little taste of Heaven on earth.
5. Sleeeeeeeeeep.
Every college student knows that your roommates will deprive you of sleep. Your classes will deprive you of sleep. Your stress will deprive you of sleep. Your coffee addiction will deprive you of sleep. Friends, parties, sports, pizza runs, whatever the case, you will not get a fulfilling eight hours of sleep every night like you always hoped and prayed you would. In fact, you're probably lucky if you got six. The point is, now you're home. You're in your bed in your house with nothing to worry about. Sleeping is now a favorite pastime. Nothing is better than your house and your bed just sleeping.
College is a mess of ups and downs and what the **** do I want to be when I grow up? Going home for the summer makes college a little bit better. It makes us miss our freedom from parents and the town we left behind at school. We learn to value or friendships more as well as spend a little more time in peace. College is fantastic, and a summer at home can be too.
