The three reasons we love and hate being home

Being home is the best… and the worst

When you first get home for break, you never want to leave. You just got out of finals, so it’s been all work and no play, making you a dull boy. Home is your sweet escape, BUT school is the place you have total autonomy over yourself.

Here are three reasons why home is your palace of relaxation, and three reasons your going through school withdrawal symptoms:

Family

Ah, yes, the people who raised you- the people that will be there for you through thick and thin- the ones who love you unconditionally and would die for you. Whether you’re the youngest, oldest, or stuck in-in the abyss of not being nearly as loved as the eldest or youngest, home is a nice and warm change of pace from your cold, ruthless, capitalist driven machine called secondary education.screen-shot-2017-01-01-at-5-44-07-pm

Friends

A few days ago, my life long friends and I went to a New York Giants game, got litty in the city, and saw “The Tonight Show” Starring Jimmy Fallon. Besides how objectively awesome the weekend was, one moment specifically captured that we’re the three best friends that anyone could have and we’ll never ever, ever, ever leave each eachother.  After descending 45 flights in seconds via the high-tech elevator system at the prestigious Marriott Marquis in Times Square, my friend Dave asked, “can you imagine if people lost conciousness from these?” The joke wasn’t even funny. Like, literally not at all- and still, we laughed for hours.

Pets

I honestly don’t know if I need to explain the near perfect feeling of seeing your best friend light up, stick their tongue out, and run to the door to greet you. Yeah, some may say the way Dave greets me after a semester is really strange- oh wait, we’re still in the pet’s column.

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Anyway, whether you’re a cat lover, dog enthusiast, or the reptilian type (if you shake like that), there’s nothing better than seeing their furry/scaly faces again.

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Family

Those same unconditional-loving people suddenly need you to take out the garbage, do the dishes, vacuum, etc. Suddenly, your parents can’t drive your brother so you need to give him a ride to soccer. You can’t leave the house without being bombarded with questions about where you’re going. What would they do without me?

You think, ugh, I want my school apartment so I can eat my burrito off my stomach on my couch in peace.

Friends

You miss always being to hang with your roommates. You drink cheap beer, watch football, and pretend it’s okay to get this hammered on a Sunday.

You miss going with your gal pals to the local, culturally inaccurate, totally played-up/corny Mexican restaurant and that is okay to go to because it’s happy hour with your gals! The massive margaritas they sell are two-for-one! Yinz order four for yourselves, somehow are able to carry each other home, and are stammering drunk at 6 PM BUT, that’s okay because COLLEGE!

Instead you’re home, watching a movie with your Mom, or the game with your Dad. Granted,  it was good at first, but being called an alcoholic after that third glass of wine or third  craft beer you pretend to like gets old, fast.

Pets

No you cannot have any food, please stop staring at me…you’re making me uncomfortable. Have I always been this allergic to you? No dog, you cannot go outside because you’ll get cold and want to come right back in. That means I have to get off the couch twice, and we all know that’s not happening.

Ugh, you always want attention and want me to pet you…get the fuck off me and just let me eat my stomach burrito in piece!

At the end of our semester, we are itching to get home. At the end of our break, we just want to get to school. Regardless, we can’t imagine going through one without the other.

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