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Managing Your Phone's Battery Life, And 28 Other Thoughts Everyone Has During a Roadtrip

If you've ever been on a roadtrip, you know the feeling...

Kate Holstein

Jul 24, 2018

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Managing Your Phone's Battery Life, And 28 Other Thoughts Everyone Has During a Roadtrip

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Some love them, some hate them, but there's no denying that roadtrips can be a bit of a mental rollercoaster at times.

Okay! Yeah! Ready to go on vacay!

How much longer?

I'm cold.

How many movies can I watch until my laptop dies?

I have to pee.

Will my foot ever wake up?

Is there any comfortable position in this car?

I'm hot.

Are we there yet?

I still have to pee.

Woah, I think that was the 3012th cow we've seen on this trip!

Can my phone's remaining 32% last for the next six hours?

I'm hungry.

Still have to pee!

I've never been so excited to stop for gas.

Oh my God my legs have atrophied.

Has this bathroom seen a Clorox wipe in the past 30 years?

Let's see our food options: oh cool we have McDonalds, McDonalds, or McDonalds!

We must forge on!

I have to pee again.

Semi! AH! Please don't run me over!

Foot? Hey, yeah it's me. Could you PLEASE wake up!

I wonder how people in covered wagons did this.

Hour eight: all electronics dead, no end in sight, hallucinations setting in.

Seriously, how are we not there yet?

Would anyone notice if I peed my pants?

The end... it's in sight.

How has the last hour been going on for three hours?

Freedom! At last!

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Foot? Hey, yeah it's me. Could you PLEASE wake up!

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1. I will wake up (sorta) on time for class.

2. I will look decent for class.

3. I will go to the gym more.

4. I will go to the library and study more.

5. I will meet new people.

For those long nights that turn into mornings when the struggle is real.

1. Walk in motivated and ready to rock

2. Disappointed you let it get this bad

3. Distracted: When a 10-Minute Break Becomes an Hour

4. When the Yearning for Sleep Sneaks Up

5. In the words of Lorelai Gilmore "Coffee, Coffee, Coffee"

Oh, so done.

You need sleep, but also have 13 things due in the span of 4 days.

1. When it's December 1 and you have seven things due, three exams, and haven't slept in three days.

2. So you stress.

3. And cry.

4. Then call your mom to cry some more.

5. After the pep talk, you feel determined to get everything done.

6. But, now you're tired.

7. And really hungry.

8. Suddenly, it's 2 a.m. and you have only written three sentences and your paper is due in the morning.

9. You've made it to Friday... somehow.

10. Then Sunday hits and you find yourself back at the Lib.

11. So you cry some more.

12. But, you fight through the tears to get everything done because you're determined.

13. In the end, you feel on top of the world because you made it through the last week of class alive.

14. But, now it's finals week so good luck.

"I want to thank Google, Wikipedia, and whoever else invented copy and paste. Thank you."

1. I'm so tired. I need a nap. Maybe I can sleep with my eyes open in class? Or pretend I'm not napping?

2. We have a test today? Why didn't anyone tell me? Did I know this?!

3. Can I quit school yet? It's only October, and I need a vacation.

4. The struggle is so real.

5. I'm so broke. SOS.

6. Stressed? Eat everything you own in your pantry and stuff your face with all your feelings.

7. "Did we have anything due in class today? Homework? Quiz? Test?" "Not that I know of..."

8. I need food. Where is the closest place to get food? I need it stat.

9. This is the longest day of my life. I need a drink, or two, or three.

10. Sleep? What is sleep? What a foreign concept.

11. When someone suggests going and studying in the library, let alone studying in general.

12. When the cafeteria or student center is packed and you can't find a seat anywhere so you literally have to sit in an abandoned corner.

13. When you see someone you used to hook up with. They see you, and approach you; so you have to pretend like everything is normal.

14. When you get your exam and realize you didn't study as much as you should have.

15. When you crush it on an exam or paper that you totally bullshitted.

16. I need a grande, extra strong coffee to get me through today.

17. When the professor announces you have a project due the following week with no instruction on what it's on and how to do it.

18. Is it Friday yet? Where's the weekend when you need it most?

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