The end of the semester is hectic. Professors assign loads of homework and you have a ton of papers to finish on top of getting ready for finals. You have a list a mile long of things you need to do before the semester is over. Then you finally get there. The semester is over and it’s time to get ready to begin the summer. Every year you go through the same process...
1. Finals week.
You may also know this week as the worst week of the semester. It’s full of last minute papers, test, studying and those last few times you can hang out with your friends. That last day when people are leaving is the hardest. 
2. Packing.
This is the easiest and the hardest part of finals week. Not only do you have to finish all those assignments and the like; you have to pack up your entire life and somehow make it fit into one car. If you’re lucky, you get some help from Mom. 
3. Saying goodbye.
Before anyone leaves, you and all your friends say goodbye for the summer. That may be the actual hardest part. You won’t see each other for a few months, and it’s going to be weird not being able to hear your roommate’s random sounds. You find that those bird sounds she makes when she’s tired have grown on you, and you don’t know how to handle a night without them.
4. Travel.
You make sure your car is packed up with everything in the world that you own and realize just how small your life is. Then you leave your home-away-from-home and start driving towards your actual-home. You have this elaborate plan to hang out with friends once you get back home. Of course, you have to unpack everything first…
5. Unpacking.
Time to move your entire life back into your house. As you’re moving everything back, you realize just how much stuff you have and decide to finish moving it all until tomorrow.
6. Say hello to the family pet.
The cat may hold a grudge against you for being gone for so long, but he’ll forgive you once he realizes you’re here for the summer. He’s avoiding you, but you know it’s just a matter of time.
7. Sleep.
All those plans you had? Yeah, forget them. After two to three weeks of late night studying, you crash. You don’t have any time to hang out with friends until you finally can sleep for a good 10 hours.
8. Unpack some more.
You finally get the rest of your stuff in the house. Then, of course, you have to find a place for it all. That’s the fun part…
9. Say hello to the family pet – again.
This time the cat is actually willing to let you hold him. He may be mad that you left again, but he’s so excited you’re home. He actually knows you're home because all your stuff is back. He even finds a new favorite spot on your chair… 
10. Sleep.
You can never get enough sleep when recuperating from the end of the semester. Try as you might, you’re still exhausted. It’s been a long semester and you are still severely lacking sleep. 
11. Relax.
All you can do now is relax. Take some time to breathe because you finally can. All your stuff is moved back. No more classes for a few months. You have so many fewer things to think about, you can actually find time to read for fun. Enjoy it.
