A Much Needed Recovery Weekend
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A Much Needed Recovery Weekend

The only reason I made it to my eight o'clock class on Monday.

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A Much Needed Recovery Weekend
MK Bozeman

Last week was tough. I had 2 exams, a quiz, and an art critique (the art equivalent of an exam) all within five days. On top of that, I had my usual softball, work, and sorority schedule. Needless to say I kind of felt like dying at the end of the week. I was so stressed with life and school that I really just needed to sit and cry for a while. So to cleanse myself of a terrible week, my friends and I planned the best recovery weekend full of laughing and crying and eating.

1. We watched a sad movie

When you need to cry, what better way to make it happen than watch a romcom with your best friends? Me Before You definitely took my mind off of school, and put me and a much better mood.

2. We listened to sad songs

As if the movie wasn’t enough, we listened to sad love songs to really get the tears flowing. I didn’t cry until I completely lost it during Labyrinth’s Jealous, at which point I sobbed like a small child.

3. We wandered

Because it was Friday night, we were able to walk to the south side of campus and meet up with a friend and gossip about all the people we had seen. Then sitting under the gazebo allows for a lot of people watching.

4. We ate a lot

Nothing says college quite like four girls lying on the floor of a sorority lodge at three in the morning while eating sugar cookies and popcorn.

5. We got dressed up

Saturday was Shauna’s 18th birthday so we relaxed all morning then got cleaned up and put on our cutest dresses and best heels and gave each other makeovers before we went out for the night.

6. We went to a good restaurant

Everyone knows breakfast for dinner is a great idea so we went to IHOP for strawberry crepes and felt like royalty in our little booth.

7. We watched a scary movie

For some reason, the rest of the world things being terrified counts as fun so we went to see Don’t Breathe. I’m pretty sure I only saw about half of the movie because the rest of the time, my face was buried in my knees. The one time I actually saw a suspenseful moment, I screamed for a solid two seconds and terrified everyone around me more than the actual movie.

8. We celebrated

As is customary, after we got back to campus we gave Shauna her birthday gifts and celebrated the last half hour before her birthday was officially over. We pretended not to notice when midnight came and passed, and we stayed up until close to three, just hanging out and listening to music.

9. We had a sleepover

Because it was so late when everyone decided to go to bed, Shauna and I had a little sleepover in my room. I’m trying to convince myself that she stayed because my room was so much closer, not that I was still terrified because of the movie.

10. We sat and talked and reflected on our great friendship

Sunday morning came too soon but to wrap up a pretty great weekend, we always meet in the caf and talk about life while sipping chocolate milk and nibbling on biscuits. I feel so much more relaxed that I think I might make it through another week of life at Millsaps.

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