Thanksgiving is over. You loved being at home with your family, enjoying the fun and warm spirit around. You got to decorate the Christmas tree together, but you only get to spend a glimpse of time enjoying it because it's time to head back to school. You're excited to see your friends and find out how their Thanksgiving went, but you are not excited to have to spend the next two weeks in the library studying for exams.

This year has gone by so fast, yet time is slowing down just as you start hoping for it to speed up. Christmas break is your favorite time of year because you get to spend more time with your family, eat real food, and NOT do any school work.

E-mail after E-mail is flowing into your inbox like Niagara Falls, reading "Remember, your final paper is due December 1" and "We WILL be having class this week". You are just SO DONE! Done with caf food, done with long walks to class, done with late nights studying, done with always being busy, just done with this semester.

You can't wait for 2017 because things will be so much easier. You tell yourself you'll come back refreshed and ready to learn. Right now you are so burnt out you wouldn't mind failing out. You just want to go home.

But don't worry; it's almost over. In a week you will be at home in your nice big bed. By that time sleep will be a foreign concept to you, but you're willing to take the risk and try something new. Think about all the pretty Christmas lights you'll get to look at. Think about the lunch you are your high school friends have planned. Think about all of the Netflix binging.

You can do this. I believe in you.