Everybody hates the end of the semester, but everybody loves Chris Traeger from Parks and Rec. So here is what lit’rally happens at the end of every semester:
1. You realize finals are a week away
This is an obvious one. Whether you’ve been Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping, Netflixing your life away, or having one too many wine nights with your housemates, you will enter the last week of classes tomorrow. The professors will remind you that their finals are cumulative and that hopefully you have been studying all semester long. You will realize there is now an entire semester’s worth of coursework to cram into seven days. May the odds be ever in your favor.
2. You run out of money.
The late night pizza deliveries, nights out, and morning coffees from the library have added up quick, and money is tight. The daily essentials for survival start to seem less important. Do I really need groceries right now? Napkins work as toilet paper, right? Ramen is a food group.
3. You have misplaced FOMO
There is a huge amount of work to be done before you can see the light at the end of the tunnel. But the excuse of “this is the last one of the semester” applies to almost any bar promotion and event, such as Cortacon 2015. Stay strong people, there’s always next semester.
4. You realize the holidays are around the corner.
December already? Once you’re home from school you’ll have t-minus one week to get gifts for your family. But it’s so close you can almost taste it. And despite being in your twenties, you’re still excited about the holidays because you get to see your family and get drunk off peppermint schnapps.
5. You make odd food concoctions.
You realize that all the food in your apartment needs to be eaten, so you begin making weird combos for dinner like egg, spaghetti, and broccoli. Oh that’s just me? My B.
Regardless of what you're end of the year rituals are climb aboard the hypothetical train and the first stop, motivation station as Chris Traeger would say. Hopefully it's lit'rally been your best semester yet.
