Easter Break

Here's a tip, if you're in need of a break between Spring Break and Summer, and you're finding that high school just doesn't provide you with this luxury, then attend a Catholic college. See, Catholics think Easter is a big deal, and I never really felt the same way until now. Because now, because I go to a Catholic university, I get not one, but two days off for Easter. It's a glorious thing. I don't exactly know why we need two days off for Easter, Friday for Good Friday I guess, but why Monday? So we can all have an extra day to worship the resurrection of Christ? More likely, I think they give us Monday off because they realize that people will celebrate the end of lent a bit too much and will need Monday to recover/repent for their end of lent celebration sins.

I love being home from college. It's one of the best things about college, because you realize how good you had it in high school. Meals are not prepared in large vats and served by people who clearly hate their job, you don't have to wait in line for said mass-produced food, you don't have to pay for laundry or use a key to get into your room, and you know for certain that you have your room to yourself, that your roommate won't come in at any given moment. I also appreciate that there's a door I can actually close while in the shower, and that I don't have to use a shower caddy to cart my shampoo and conditioner back and forth. Another great thing about private bathroom is that I don't have to witness people leaving the bathroom without washing their hands after using the toilet(seriously, I have seen many people do this, didn't your parents teach you to wash your hands??). Also, my dogs are are here, and they are always happy to see me walk into a room, my roommate on the other hand, doesn't not give me the same happy and enthusiastic response. I think that's one thing people miss most about their home while they are away at college, their dogs. Admit it, you miss your parents, but you seriously miss your dog.

Perhaps the greatest thing about being home, for me at least, is the quiet. I'm one of those people who likes some quiet now and then, and I find that silence is very hard to come by in a college dorm. Everyone slams their door when they leave their room, has loud Skype sessions in the hallway at two in the morning, and are obnoxious pretty much all the time. It also doesn't help that I live above the rowdiest boys floor, which routinely has Mario Kart and Super Smash Brothers tournaments until three or four in the morning, quite loudly, I might add. Don't get me wrong, I think Mario Kart and Super Smash Brothers are some of the greatest games ever made, but I don't want to hear you screaming at someone else to "suck it" because you beat them around Yoshi Valley at three in the morning.

So all in all, I love being home from college. Good food, my own bathroom, and no obnoxious video game tournaments to keep me up at night.

Now don't get too crazy on Sunday after lent, I don't want you to get a candy/alcohol/Facebook/swearing hangover.

Leah

P.S- Did you know that people actually give up Lent or religion for Lent? Well, now you know.