Every year, during the month of March, students everywhere across the country flee their college campuses to a beachy destination seeking good times and an epic Spring Break. I would love to believe that Spring Break plans will run exactly as planned just as much as the next student, but I think we can all agree on these five truths that actually go down.
1. Healthy eating ruined in minutes
It’s no secret that some prepare their beloved “beach bods” for weeks before Spring Break starts. Unfortunately, any healthy prepping is deemed useless the second you touch down at your destination. No one is going to insist on eating salads and kale chips. You are going to eat entire burritos, half a pizza and a lot more crappy food, all in one day.
‘No Ragrets.”
2. Losing items; losing someone
Yeah…forget bringing your Ray Bans to the beach because there’s a 100% chance you will indeed lose them, break them, have a friend accidentally step on them (yes this happened to me and yes I’m still upset) or just straight up misplace them. When we're in vacation mode, our brains seem to disregard the importance of keeping track of your belongings. And by "belongings" I am also including people. I can’t explain this phenomenon, but there’s always that one friend that roams astray from the group, freaks everyone out, but then miraculously (and thankfully) is somehow found.
3. Spending unruly amounts of money
…And there goes 20 hours of work spent in less than one hour. You have saved up a healthy amount for your Spring Break funds and yet it still isn’t enough. But how can we help ourselves? Whether it's necessities such as water, or Uber rides because walking is too much, spending more than you budgeted is a practically unavoidable.
Yes, I will take ten of those "I love Cali" t-shirts.
4. Sunburns
Unless you plan on isolating yourself inside for seven days straight, there’s a high chance that sunburns are forecasted in your future. You think you’ll be fine, and regardless, you are not going to be that person to suggest that the group to wear sunscreen. Well, five hours later you resemble a tomato and people give you the, “are you okay” looks and gasps for the duration of the trip.
Don’t be a tomato. Use SPF.
5. Having the greatest time of your life
Spring Break has so much hype for deserved reasons. You have been working hard all year and Spring Break is a hypothetical angel blessing to all college students of much-needed relaxation or pure laziness for seven days straight. We only get four Spring Breaks, so go ahead, book that flight to Costa Rica and swim with the dolphins! Spring Break is a week full of uncontrollable laughter, lifelong memories and maybe even some stories that are better left untold. Do it for the experiences, do it for the thrill, do it for whatever reason, but mostly do it for yourself!
…because Spring Break is freaking awesome.
