As a freshman, I entered school full of energy and ready to begin my academic year. I even wondered why we had this week off in October; it seemed pretty random to me. Now, as my first semester flies by before my eyes, I've realized the importance of fall break.
1. Do I really have to go to class Friday?
As I've watched all of my friends get their classes cancelled on Friday, I've walked into every class praying that I would have the same type of luck. Sadly, it isn't so.
2. How am I going to get motivated when I get back to school?
Although I'm extremely excited to have a week without classes, I'm worried that the week after break will be more of a struggle for motivation than the first week back to classes was.
3. What am I going to do with all of this free time?
That's right, FREE TIME. I feel like I haven't had a second to breathe since the semester started, and I honestly can't wait to just sit on my couch and binge watch Netflix.
4. Am I supposed to be doing work?
Despite it being a "free week", professors seem to see it as an extra week that they can pile on the workload. So sadly "free" doesn't truly mean freedom.
5. MY DOGS.
I don't know about everyone else, but the hardest part about going off to college is not seeing my dogs. I talk to the rest of my family and my friends almost every day, but I could seriously use some quality pet time.
6. When do we get to come back to school?
Despite my excitement to return home for a week (almost) free of responsibilities, I'm totally going to miss all of my new friends and the campus I've learned to call my home!
