Mid-semester is not a fun time for any college student. There are midterms, more papers than you can count on one hand and a lifetime supply of no sleep, ever. Some can handle it better than others, but the general consensus I have gathered is that everyone jumps aboard the struggle bus this time of the year.
I find it hard to express my frustration in my own words, so I decided to let the characters of "Spongebob Squarepants" do the talking. Spongebob often expresses what I need to when I can’t find the words, and in no way do I find that to be a bad thing.
When you realize it is mid-semester and, therefore, it is time for midterms.
“This isn’t your average everyday darkness. This is … advanced darkness.”
When you have given up on your appearance, will basically roll out of bed, go through the motions of the day and not care at all what anyone thinks of how you look.
“I’m ugly and I’m proud.”
When you realize you have also given up on eating healthy because you have no time to make anything, so you end up eating fast food and adopt a “snack food only” diet unintentionally.
“Look at all the hip young people eating sal…ads.”
When someone asks how you’re doing/feeling.
When you need spring break more than words can say.
“Future… future… future… future…”
When you realize how good you really are at procrastinating.
When someone tells you to take a break from your work and go out and have fun for a little while.
“F is for fire that burns down the whole town. U is for uranium... bombs. N is for no survivors, when you—“
When you’re way behind on laundry because of how much work you have to do.
“Do you smell it? That smell. A kind of smelly smell. The smelly smell that smells ... smelly."
When you look for any excuse to not talk about your work or tests that are in the near future.
“You’ll never guess what I found in my sock last night! Go ahead, guess!”
When you sit down, look at your midterm and don’t remember a single thing you studied.
“Can I be excused for the rest of my life?”
When your teacher gives you homework to do over spring break.
“Evil!”
When it's finally time for spring break:
"That's his eager face."
So all in all, midterm time is an emotional roller coaster to say the least. Not a whole lot makes sense, and all you want to do is curl up into a ball. You don’t eat like you should, sleep like you should or interact with others like you should. Every single day you crave spring break more and more, fear the day it’s over and get right back to work. But keep your heads high, friends! Things can be much worse. Just be glad it is not time for finals.
