1) When you are about to break down from all the stress, drama and problems that college has to offer, one of your friends, Natalie, suggests that the squad take a weekend trip. Just you and your closest friends that you made here at school. That means no parents or siblings. No itineraries that have you up at 6 a.m. and in bed promptly at 9:30 p.m. Sweet freedom.
2) The destination is set and your other friend, Kelcey, came in clutch by getting her cousin to lend his vacation home for the weekend. Now it’s time for to hit the road with a bomb playlist, I-Spy games, venti coffees, oh and SNACKS AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE!
3) You finally get in and are ready to hit up the town! You part with your Nike shorts and Birkenstocks and change into a less comfy, tight dress (Nike really needs to make comfy dresses ASAP). While waiting for your table at the restaurant, you meet a group of girls and everyone hits it off. They are nicer than the drunken girls you talk to in line for the bathroom at Sigma Chi.
4) Your new friends invite your group out to a raging party at their friends. Everyone heads over after dinner and you and Kelcey are on the prowl for a new batch of guys to flirt with. “Maybe we should move here, the guys here are Grade A” says Kelc, after chatting to ten guys within the first 8 minutes you’re there. A couple of really attractive guys catch your eye and make your way to work your magic.
5) Soon, everyone in the party is leaving and you don’t know where your new vacation friends went. Natalie is rounding up you and Kelcey and Ubering over to the cousin’s house. He never mentioned that his vacation home was one bedroom, but it has to do. Natalie, Kelcey and you squish onto the queen size bed but no one really minds. You and Kelcey go over all the guys at the party and rank them while Natalie is kicking you guys to shut up.
6) It’s mid-morning and everyone is hella hungry. The road-trip snacks are gone and the only thing Kelcey’s cousin has in his fridge is Gatorade that expired 6 months ago. Everyone washes up and tries to look decent to go out for food. After deciding on a restaurant that had the best Yelp reviews, you can’t decide between the chop salad and the BLT. But you ultimately go for the big ‘ol cheeseburger and fries because you’re on vacation and calories don’t count, right?
7) While out and about exploring your new surroundings, it’s necessary that you need to take multiple photo shoots. You take pictures at the park, at the cute Main Street, and even at the gas station because pictures or it didn’t happen, right? Everyone plays model, photographer and person who gives out compliments on your modeling at least a few times.
8) Of course you have to hit up touristy shops that have really corny “Someone went to ___ and all I got was a lousy shirt” t-shirts and shot glasses that have the town name plastered all over it. Kelcey suggests that everyone gets the really bright pink shirt that basically screams tourist so 1) it will be easy to spot you from across campus and 2) they are only 10 bucks. Sold.
9) It’s all fun and games until everyone realizes that the weekend getaway is almost over. It hits you like a wrecking ball that you haven’t done any homework, essays for English or reading for Sociology. And omg you have to go back to your job at the gym on Monday. Someone help. Literally don’t make me go back.
10) After trying to barging to Natalie about not going back, you are finding yourself back up your bag with your shot glass and bright pink shirt packed in. Once everything is in the car and everyone is strapped in, you reminisce about your 48-hour adventure in a new city with your best friends. This weekend was perfect and you know that there will be more adventures with these girls that have yet to come. And boy, you can’t wait.