Finally, finals are all finished and winter break has started. A full four weeks, or more, with no class, tests, papers or projects. Except for those who have winterim classes, bless your souls, college students everywhere can now have fun without having that little voice in the back of their head telling them to do their homework. Now we all have plans and ideas on what we'll do during break, but reality tends to tell us something different.
Some of us plan to hang out with friends every day, or most of the week, but work seems to put a foil in that plan. Those of us who commuted from home, kept our jobs during the semester and now increase on hours to get more money to just spend it all for next semester. Those who lived on campus, or went somewhere several hours from home, told their jobs they've had since high school, that they want to return for breaks to then steal hours from the high school students (sorry y'all, college is expensive). So between increased hours and returning home to get back to work, hanging out with friends turns into a back and forth of figuring out a day that the entire group has off.
Then there's also the thought that we'll use the time we have off from school to do all of those DIY projects we've saved on Pinterest. But our beds are so soft and warm, and we really haven't had decent amount of sleep since summer so sleeping in can't hurt that much to sleep in until noon just one day, or two; okay a whole week. Then there's also that frenemy we all love but hate because it throws all productivity out the window: Netflix. Sure, I could create that cute wall mural, but I could also watch all nine seasons of One Tree Hill for the third time.
Whether it be actual adult responsibilities or just pure laziness, our expectations for break seem to be booted out by reality. However, that shouldn't stop us from enjoying our break, in whatever way that is, before spring semester arrives in a blink of an eye. So spend an entire day binge watching Netflix, or go to that party even though you have work in the morning, because before you know it break will be over and school will take over your life again for another fifteen weeks.
