Whether it be the beach party scene in "22 Jump Street", Vanessa Hudgens’ escapades in "Spring Breakers", or a peer’s Instagram post besides a crispy blue ocean with frozen drink in hand, it seems as though Spring Break is meant to be spent in high temperatures and minimal clothing.

Going on a coastal road trip with friends or toasting under the pre-summer heat seems the only obvious route to take. However, there’s one option that gets consistently overshadowed by the little paper umbrella resting atop frozen drinks: home.

To provide some context, let’s consider the average college student’s life. First off, he or she is challenged with the constant hardship of the college workload. There’s no denying the existence of inconsiderate professors who believe that students have no commitments other than to pursue their class’s responsibility with 110% effort. Unfortunately, these are also typically the same professors that refuse to budge on due dates, quantity of work and grading scale. Therefore, sleep is difficult to attain.

Just as Hollywood movies often accurately depict the crazy reality of college social life, they also accurately depict the many all-nighters and late night library sessions. Sometimes, these experiences are even underrepresented.

In addition to balancing the work of several college-level classes, let’s also factor in the fact that nearly every single student is involved in at least one other commitment. Whether it is a sport, club, organization, research, or job, students are consistently encouraged to get involved and build their resumes. As if being successful in class isn’t challenging enough, now we must be externally involved as a member of campus as well.

In addition to the academic and extra-curricular lifestyles of the college student, there is also the social. After spending Sunday through Friday afternoon with our noses in the books, it’s only fair to spend some time free of academic pursuit. While detoxing with friends is vital to a healthy balance, it’s not to say that this decision in itself is not a commitment also.

Between academics, extra-curriculars and friendships, finding time that doesn’t involve any sort of commitment or responsibility is nearly impossible.

Thankfully, I’m lucky enough to go to a place where I can pursue a higher education, get involved with organizations I’m passionate about, and enjoy some amazing friends’ company. And although I’m so grateful to have such an opportunity, it doesn’t mean that a break isn’t sometimes needed.

On a late Wednesday night when I’m stuck in the library writing a paper, I’d be lying if I told you I wanted anything other than my mom’s home cooking to make me feel better.

After falling into the monotony of weekly meetings for the many organizations I’m in, it would be false to say that I’d rather be hanging out with vaguely familiar faces I see around campus than with my little siblings watching a movie.

I’m never one to turn down a dance floor, themed party, and Fetty Wap. However, after consecutive weekends of being out and about to different social events and frat houses, it wouldn’t be fair to say that I don’t want my bed from home and a quiet night in to reread my favorite book.

If going to Panama City Beach and drinking subpar cocktails with drunken strangers is your style, then all the more power to you.

But, after months of never-ending obligations, unidentified (and equally unsatisfying) meals from dining halls, and feeling as if I never quite got enough sleep, I’m not interesting in spending a week doing the same thing I do everyday.

I want my home, my family, my mom’s home cooked meals, my family room couch, my bed, my favorite restaurants. I want the streets I grew up on, the happiness of knowing my alarm won’t be going off early the next morning, and the feeling of having an open schedule with no meetings, parties, or commitments to cram in.

While my friends are on vacation sipping Strawberry Daiquiris, I’ll gladly be home sipping tea. My friends will post photos in bikinis from beach chairs with the caption: “#blessed.” I’ll be posting photos with the view from my bedroom window saying the same thing.