<p>I'm freshman and was wondering what your take is on weekend visits home. I'm about a little over 2 hours from home, so it isn't very hard to get home. We are on quarters here, so last quarter I just decided to come home once about halfway through. The visit wasn't very good though. The thing was that I had 2 midterms, one big quiz and a speech the next week. So all weekend I put them off and worried about them. When I'm on campus I usually put a little time into studying on saturday and a lot of time on sunday, but when I was home I didn't do very much work at all and was worried all weekend about the next week. So, when I went back sunday night I felt very homesick. Part of it was that when I was home I just relaxed on my couch and as soon as I got back I had so much stuff to do and was very busy. So, the next week I just wanted to be home because it was so much calmer there. I felt fine after that week and wasn't homesick anymore, but I worry if I got home for a weekend again, I'll get homesick. I'm not sure if it was just all the work I had to do. There is a weekend this quarter about half way through were I don't have any big assignments due. I'm trying to decide if I should go home that weekend or if it would be a bad idea. My parents said they could come up and get a hotel one night that weekend too.</p>
<p>I try to go home when I don't have that much going on when I get back, because I'm also terrible about studying from home. I also try to get back about once a month, because if I don't I start getting cranky and homesick. (It's also nice not to have to pay for laundry.)</p>
<p>i'm frosh, and i try to avoid going home as much as possible, even during breaks when they kick us out of dorms..lol
but thats just b/c i live in a really boring town and i like college a lot better</p>
<p>As a freshman I did get homesick in the beginning when my parents visited or I went to visit them, even though I would have been fine if I hadn't seen them. I would recommend staying away from home as much as possible. For me, it was best to basically never visit them, except on breaks. But I know it's just as hard on your family probably as it is on you, and just because you're at college doesn't mean you should cut them off completely. I wouldn't doubt the amount of work you had to do contributed to homesickness. I think it is a GREAT idea to pick one weekend in the future where you can complete all the work you need to do beforehand, and visit them then. If you do end up getting homesick, it's not a big deal - the feeling will pass. I think your plan is good!</p>
<p>On a separate note, I think all feelings of homesickness will evaporate after this year, once you've spent the whole summer with your parents, lol. It'll be a nightmare, trust me ;).</p>
<p>What do you guys think is better; going home for a weekend(friday and saturday night) or having your parents visit(saturday and saturday night). I want my parents to come visit but there isn't much to do with your parents. It's 50 minutes from the nearest mall and hour and a half from the nearest city.</p>