It is a blessing when it’s finally time to go home for spring break. After weeks of hard work and stressing out over homework, midterms, projects, and other activities, it’s nice to be able to go home enjoy some free time with family, friends, and pets who you haven’t seen in weeks.
But after a week or so of relaxation and maybe a taste of summer, it makes it even harder to go back and do another seven or so weeks of even harder work and preparing for final exams and the last of all the projects and homework. So, here we all are facing the second half of the spring semester.
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1. Sadness.
Once again, you have to pack up your stuff and travel back to school. You may love college and all of its perks, but it is still hard to leave the comfort of your home. Being able to sleep in and do nothing for a whole week has been absolutely amazing, but now you have to go back to school and do work when all you want to do is curl up in a corner with a blanket, some mac and cheese, and watch Netflix.
2. Disgust.
Ew…look at all the homework, readings, projects, tests, and quizzes you have to take! Now, you have to set an alarm in order to wake up early for your morning classes, too. And instead of nice home-cooked meals from Mom and Dad or getting your favorite food from your favorite restaurants, you must eat dining hall food.
3. Anger.
Once you have gotten back into the swing of things and gotten enough homework, projects, and studying to do, you become stressed out over all of it. Thus, you become angry that you are stressed out. Plus, with the days getting longer and the temperature rising, spring fever is hitting hard and all you want is to be outside. You want summer to finally come to your rescue so you can feel the warm sun on your skin, tan on the beach, and go out at night with your friends.
4. Fear.
At this point, there are probably about three to two weeks left in the semester. You are trying to wrap up and finish your projects and homework and you are constantly studying for final exams. And with each class there is always a little homework still given on top of all the final projects. With so many things to do, you are still stressed and fearful that you will forget a homework assignment, a reading, or if there is a pop quiz in class.
5. Joy.
You have finally taken all of your final exams and you have not only survived all of the work and tests, but you have survived the sadness, the disgust, the anger, and the fear that you have felt over the past several weeks. You are officially free for three whole months (or almost three whole months). You can live in bliss with friends at the beach!
