I'm starting to regret that I go to college so close to home. I live on campus during the school year but my house is only about 30-45 minutes away so I still end up seeing my parents most weekends. Either they come to me and we go out to dinner, or I go home for the entire weekend.

Problem is, my parents...well, they're boring. I love them and have always been close to them, but I'm just starting to realize how different we are. I feel pressured to go home at least once a month since I'm so close to home, but then when I do we never do anything. We might go to a movie or go grocery shopping or something but that is literally ALL we ever do. For the most part they just stay at home and do nothing. But then they get upset when I spend time in my room when I'm at home, even though we'd just be watching TV and probably not even talking too much.

I just feel that if I were to be further from home, it would make the time I am able to be there more special. I would be able to have more time at school on the weekends for myself, and then hopefully on breaks spend real quality time with them.

Problem is, I'm already half way done with school. I've done some looking into it and it's certainly too late to transfer before the fall semester. So I'd basically have to wait to transfer with only 3 semesters left. Is it even worth it at that point? A lot of the stuff I've already completed may not even be able to transfer, so I'd probably have to stay in school longer. How can I cope with this wanting to get further from home?