Coming home after Thanksgiving break knowing all the work you have due, but little time you have.

Studying: Day One.

Sleep becomes completely nonexistent.

You literally have no idea what happened in your classes.

When no one from your study group shows up to work:

The stress level is too high and you have to put on that fake smile for everyone.

Stress eating becomes the only way to solve problems these days.

When you're sitting in the library and your mom doesn't stop sending you texts of all the Christmas decorations and of your dog.

When you begin to realize you've had way to much coffee:

The rare occurrence that one classmate came through with a study guide:

Procrastination creeps around every corner.

Because you CAN'T STOP thinking about Winter Break

You look for any type of motivational pep talk from friends, family, or the stranger sitting next to you on the bus to get through.

When you still need to fill one more page of that paper so you just start making stuff up:

When studying is a 24-7 things you just realize that you haven't had any time to do laundry, so you're forced to wear something from the reject pile.

Having the first of MANY mental breakdowns.

But you're still trying to stay positive.

Going into your final exam like:

Looking at the first couples questions on your exam:

Coming out of your last exam:

And the feeling that you FINALLY get to go home and enjoy the Holidays!