Welcome to college, my friends. You may be reading this as an incoming freshman, returning student, or 43 year old adult reliving their past glory days. Regardless, it is that great time of year again when we get to enjoy a little bit of fun without the headaches of school work or commitments. Everyone has a preconceived notion of what Welcome Week is, but I’m here to share the tale of a day of Welcome Week as told by gifs.

You arrive on campus filled with pure excitement

Then you remember you have to move all of your belongings up 4 flights of stairs...

So, with the help of your parents you unload the mini van.

3 Minutes in and you are sweating more than you’ve ever imagined possible

When you’re all done, your family takes you out for one last real person meal before dining hall swipes and cheap backdoor pizza consume your life

You say goodbye and, of course, your parents cry and prolong it for as long as possible

Then you realize that your parents stayed way longer than planned, and you have to start getting ready ASAP

You finally hit the streets and are feelin' fine

You arrive, walk in, and instantly your shoes are sticky

You go downstairs for some refreshments like ~water~

And suddenly you feel like you’ve entered the sahara desert

But, it's Welcome Week and yolo

So you jump to the nearest elevated service and start dancing to Justin Bieber’s new hit

But after hours and hours of boppin' around the basement you decide its time to go

And that’s when it hits you… YOU'RE STARVING

“Hello, Pizza House? Yes, one jumbo feta bread to Bursley please.”

You scarf it down in record time

and sleep has never sounded better

You wake up and it's 11 am the following day

You have a pounding headache and start regretting the pizza house from before

You wake up your roommate to rehash the details of the previous nights events

And you both decide you’re not going out again tonight

But we both know that you will

Because come on, it's Welcome Week.