You have had a count down set on your phone since the second week of school for summer, and now it is finally here. But you can't celebrate quite yet. To officially complete your school year, there is just one last thing that you have to get through: finals week.
1. Realization
You suddenly realize that it is the week before finals and you don't remember anything that you have learned the entire semester.
2. Regret
You remember that one time in the third of the semester that you missed class for your friend's-sister's-roommate's-parent's-dog's birthday party and think about how that one missed class is probably going to be the reason you fail.
3. Determination
You fully believe that you're fully capable of studying for 18 hours straight and that you are going to ace your finals. Life is good.
4. Studying
You feel productive and think there is a chance you might actually be understanding what you're studying.
5. Coffee, coffee, coffee. Did I mention coffee?
You find yourself 19 hours into your study session when you can no longer feel your face or sit still and realize you've spent 30 dollars on overpriced coffee.
6. Distraction
You tell yourself that you'll only watch one episode, but then you look around and it's already morning and you've finished a whole season of your favorite show.
7. Exhaustion
At this point, you haven't slept more than four hours in the past week and the bags under your eyes are anything but Gucci.
8. Breakdown
You are exhausted, hungry, miserable, and want to go home. But you haven't even had your first exam yet and you don't think you are going to live to see summer after all. You don't know why you put yourself through this emotional turmoil.
9. Indifference
You start questioning whether you actually need a college degree and tell everyone about just how much you don't care, but you care more than you are willing to admit.
10. First Exam
You walk into your first exam like you are walking into battle. You inform your family that you may or may not come out alive.
11. Dread
You made it out of your first exam unscathed and think you've won the battle. Then you remember the five other exams you have yet to take.
12. Pure Joy
You survived. You finished all of your exams and are only mostly dead. Now you get to go home for the summer where no exams = happiness.
