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The Post-Finals Coma

It's like a food coma, but so much worse.

The Post-Finals Coma
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There is no other feeling than the one you get when you walk out of your last final. You feel like you have conquered the world. You made it. You made it out of the semester alive. And, good news, you never have to take those classes ever again.

You also probably feel like you couldn't look at another textbook or professor again in your life. But, no matter how many all-nighters you had to pull, you made it and you’re still standing.

Now that you made it through finals there is nothing standing between you and the sweet, sweet freedom of your own bed.

You probably feel emotionally and physically drained, but all you need to do now is just stay awake long enough to make it home and then you can sleep for days.

What you didn't expect was the countless amount of times your mom was going to ask you what was wrong or why you're still in bed when it's three in the afternoon.

Now all of a sudden all of your friends from back home want to see you right away, and all of your family members want to come over and hear about your semester. So, of course, all the post-final emotions come flooding in and you just want to be left alone.

But, before you know it, you get asked the question that you had been avoiding since you got home: "How do you think you did on your finals?" Frankly, you don't want to think about them ever again, let alone talk about them. People keep asking you over and over again, and you, being insanely sleep deprived, finally give them an answer.

Out of kindness, and possibly a little bit out of fear, your family and friends move on from that and ask you how you are feeling now that finals are over.

In hopes of cheering you up in some way, they ask if there is anything they can do to make you feel better or to make your time at home more relaxing.

Hopefully by this time you have been able to relax a little bit and catch up on all the sleep you have lost throughout this past semester of college. Now, all you have to do is wait for your professors to post your final grades.

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