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Preparing Ourselves For Thanksgiving Break!

Thanksgiving break is coming for us college students, and it's time to go all out.

Steph Flores

Nov 21, 2016

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Preparing Ourselves For Thanksgiving Break!

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Thanksgiving is around the corner, and colleges have either started or about to start their first break of the year! Whether you commute or dorm; plan to stay in the dorms, or visit family over the break, all of us college students know that it is time to kick back and enjoy our beloved freedom from school. A~~nd procrastinate on homework.~~

I decided to take a break myself from serious topics (at least this week) and make a list for things we are grateful for the break and enjoy our alone time! ...until Thanksgiving comes and we have to face family, BUT ANYWAY--

1. NO MORE CLASSES!

Let's start this list with a bang! Turn off those alarm clocks that ring every 5 minutes; unpack that backpack full of papers and projects; relax your whole body from the incessant headaches and blistering feet; SLEEP ALL DAY--You have a week without classes! Or five days, like me.

At last we have a break from our professors and the loads of work they attack us with for weeks on end! It's time to make our brains stop thinking and learning for a little while.

Speaking of...

2. CATCH UP TO ALL THE THINGS!

I'm both dreading and anticipating this one because there's so much I have to catch up to, and I'm sure you do as well. For me, it's the rest of season seven of The Walking Dead (I ALREADY WATCHED THE FIRST EPISODE AND WROTE ABOUT IT HERE), season 4 of RBWY, a bunch of anime listed on my endless list typed on my phone, and tons of Youtube videos on my 'Watch Later' playlist. I am very guilty of binge-watching things, but shameless and even dare I say proud of it!

3. DO MY OWN PERSONAL STUFF!

This is more of a personal one, but we all have our hobbies and quirks we do in our free time. It can be simple things like listening to music, or as I mentioned earlier, watching Youtube videos, playing video games non-stop,

An example for myself would be drawing characters and writing stories that I enjoy, not art projects required from my university. Even in art school, many students and I in artistic fields have to take required 'core' art courses and even a few gen-ed classes here and there such as writing and science, so no even I'm not off the hook with that.

4. PULLING ALL THE ALL-NIGHTERS!

SLEEP? WHAT?! I CAN SLEEP ALL DAY LONG! But at night... that's when 'me' time begins, people! I may or may not have been guilty of staying up until 5 a.m. playing Sims...

But I'm just glad to spend extra hours watching shows or drawing! ...not like I have not already been doing so during the school year. Nope. Not at all. ~~Yes.~~

And last, but not least...

5. EATING. ALL. THE. FOOD!

It's Thanksgiving, and it wouldn't be without food! Well, you have prepared yourself for all the things above. You got your laptop ready, all the tabs going and plugged in for good measure. It's 2 a.m. already, but no one is going to stop you! It's time to devour that giant bag of chips waiting in the closet!

Be careful about filling yourself up Wednesday night and/or Thursday morning, otherwise that Turkey is not going to fit into your stomach.

HAPPY BREAK AND THANKSGIVING EVERYONE! Plus Black Friday and Cyber Monday!

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Preparing Ourselves For Thanksgiving Break!

Thanksgiving break is coming for us college students, and it's time to go all out.

1. NO MORE CLASSES!

2. CATCH UP TO ALL THE THINGS!

3. DO MY OWN PERSONAL STUFF!

4. PULLING ALL THE ALL-NIGHTERS!

5. EATING. ALL. THE. FOOD!

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The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you

Love is old, love is new, love is all, love is you

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be

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Oh please, say to me, You'll let me be your man. And please say to me, You'll let me hold your hand

It was twenty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. They've been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see

Can you hear me? When it rains and shine, it's just a state of mind

Little darling, it's been long cold lonely winter. Little darling, it feels like years since it' s been here. Here comes the sun, Here comes the sun, and I say it's alright

We danced through the night and we held each other tight, and before too long I fell in love with her. Now, I'll never dance with another when I saw her standing there

I love you, I love you, I love you, that's all I want to say

You say you want a revolution. Well you know, we all want to change the world

All the lonely people, where do they all come from. All the lonely people, where do they all belong

Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends

Hey Jude, don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday

And when the brokenhearted people, living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be.

And anytime you feel the pain, Hey Jude, refrain. Don't carry the world upon your shoulders

I'll give you all I got to give if you say you'll love me too. I may not have a lot to give but what I got I'll give to you. I don't care too much for money. Money can't buy me love

All you need is love, love is all you need

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Though I know I'll never lose affection, for people and things that went before. I know I'll often stop and think about them. In my life, I love you more

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