2. You actually have to pay for stuff with real money.
The first week I was home from college for the summer, I pulled out my student ID at restaurants almost every time I went out, thinking that my card doubled as cash. Football games are included, classes at the gym are free, and money is preloaded onto your ID at school, so that you rarely have to pull out your own money. Here at home, they won’t except “Bobcat Cash,” in which I respond to the cashier, “Why the hell not?!”
1. You can’t set your own schedule.
With a part-time job, internship, and chores listed for you the second you walk in the door, there isn’t much time left to hang out with friends, enjoy a run in the park, or take a three hour nap. At college, you can put down your homework and assignments and do whatever you want. You can wake up at 11:00 a.m. for an 11:30 class. You can go to sleep at 3:00 a.m. and still be fine for class the next day. And there is certainly no list of chores (although I continue to avoid that at home until my mom notices anyways).
While we definitely love being at home with family and friends, there is that certain excitement in all of us to get back to our college campuses. We cannot wait to be reunited with friends, set our own agendas, and get all of the ice cream in the dining hall that we desire. For now though, try to relax, because by the time the next semester is over, we’ll be ready to pull our hair out and return home for winter break.The cycle really is infinite, isn’t it?
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