It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, well at least not in Arizona, but everywhere else it is, however, the Christmas spirit is in the air and we can feel it. I am counting down the days until I am at home for Christmas break and I can try and get some sleep. While everyone is asking for the newest iPhone, the coolest shoes, that brand new shirt from Urban, all I'm asking for is for my parents to not wake me up every day at 8 am, to let me sleep in and stay out late with friends, to do absolutely nothing and everything.

As college students, the months of August to November can be stressful but there is only one week of school in December and after that everything, I learned that semester is out the window. It's like a race, you start off strong aka the month of August, then you get tired and energy is low, the finish line seems like miles and miles away, aka September - October, then you realize that you have to pick up the pace and you start to run a little bit faster, aka November, but you are so tired so you do the best you can and if you end in first that would be awesome but you realize you'll probably end in like 45th place or something like that. Then the finish line is right in front of you, aka the last week of December, so you sprint to the finish line, not looking at what place you came in and you then you can finally breathe.

That's college for you, every semester. However, after a race, you want to do anything but race, so that's exactly what you do, you go home, sleep, stretch, watch some tv. This Christmas all I want is a stress free break, a chance to relax and do everything but stress over school.