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31 Things I'd Rather Be Doing Than Studying for Finals (As Told By My Friends)

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Lindsay Terry

Dec 12, 2016

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31 Things I'd Rather Be Doing Than Studying for Finals (As Told By My Friends)

Lindsay Terry

Having written an article for the Odyssey every week since I've been in college, I'm starting to run out of ideas. I wanted to write about the struggle of finals week and the end of semester, but I decided to spice things up a bit. I asked my fellow college goers what they would rather be doing than studying for finals. This is what I got in response...

Hannah Hess said..."Playing in the snow or using pore strips."

Leah Williamson said..."Sleeping, petting my dog, eating, or going home."

Julianna Cox said..."Jumping off a cliff or watching Netflix." I encouraged the latter.

Bri Hornberger said..."Christmas Shopping."

Peyton Thompson said..."Shopping or watching Netlifx."

Emily Mader said.."Cuddling under a blanket watching a movie with my boyfriend."

Paige Peachey said..."Cuddling with my puppy (and then agreed with Emily that having her boyfriend there would be nice, too.)

Kendall Geib said..."Baking Christmas cookies."

Kadia Julian said..."Drinking eggnog and eating cookies."

Taylor Forbes said..."Going on a late night adventure to a diner and then go stargazing with the people I love the most."

Her answer was clearly the most well thought out.

Sam Duplissey said..."Catching up on all the sleep I have already lost studying for finals."

Kaelyn Buskey said..."Sleeping, watching 25 Days of Christmas (because we're too poor for Freeform), and spending time with my family."

Katherine Weaver said..."doing Christmas things."

Allison Meadow said..."anything besides studying."

Dan Wright said..."jamming out to Christmas music while baking cookies because these dang finals are keeping me from being festive!"

Olivia Best said..."laying on a beach."

Kathryn Hahn said..."Baking Christmas cookies with my grandma!"

Aaron Gray said..."Decorating my Christmas Tree at home while blaring Christmas music."

Katy Trice said..."Going to the farm and cutting down the tree with my family."

Meghan Gallagher said..."watching Christmas movies with my family."

Kylee Kidwell said..."Dancing to Christmas music and eating LOADS of cookies."

Breica Beck said..."HA I'm done with finals!"

Nicole Hege said.."Blair Christmas music around my house."

Lauren Vicinanza said..."Going home to NYC to see the tree at Rockefeller Center with my family."

Abby Caldara said..."Christmas caroling lmao."

Raeann Buskey said..."SHOPPING."

Allison Shaefer said..."Playing with puppies."

Julianne Leddy said..."Singing...even though I have to sing for all of my finals." #musicmajorprobs

Amanda Siegrist said..."I would much rather be in the Caribbean."

Erika Kester said..."I'd rather be punched in the face."

And last but not least.. Sam Welk said.."I'd rather be hunting."

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#Adulting is hard.

1. Taking care of yourself when you're sick

2. Making a to-do list

3. Planning your activities around the weather

4. Scheduling your own doctor’s appointments

5. Getting your own toilet paper

6. Making food without needing to ask your mom questions

7. Holding your tongue

8. Saving your paycheck (or your tax refund) to pay your bills

9. Balancing your checkbook

10. Going places alone

11. Packing your own lunches

12. Actually eating your vegetables...on purpose

13. Taking a multivitamin

14. Planning a life after graduation

Sometimes bigger isn't always better.

1. If something happens, everyone knows about it

2. Never getting to be invisible

3. Knowing every single thing about every single person in the town

4. New kids are a big deal

5. It’s hard to make new friends

6. On that note ... the dating pool is even smaller!

7. Teachers are weirdly close to their students

8. It forced you to make friends out of school

"I'm hopeless and awkward and desperate for love"

1. That Time He Tested Out His Flirting Skills and This Happened

2. When He Was Willing to Do Anything to Avoid Confrontation

3. When He Couldn't Handle Awkward, Emotional Situations

4. How He Reacted Whenever His Friends Ignored Him

5. All of the Times He Worried About His Failing Love Life

6. Whenever He Tried to Whip Himself Into Shape

7. How He Handled New People and New Experiences

8. Whenever His Friends Got Annoying, He Was Always the Voice of Reason

9. He Always Knew How to Jam

10. He Finds a Way to Make Any Situation More Fun

No, I can't help you.

1. When a customer wants to return a product, hands you the receipt, where is printed "ALL SALES ARE FINAL" in all caps.

2. Just because you might be having a bad day, and you're in a crappy mood, doesn't make it okay for you to yell at me or be rude to me. I'm a person with feelings, just like you.

3. People refusing to be put on hold when a customer is standing right in front of you. Oh, how I wish I could just hang up on you!

4. Having the same conversations over and over again! To be honest I really don't even want to talk to you right now, or have this fake ass smile on my face!

5. Always having to have a smile on your face. I promise I'm not as happy as I may look!

6. Customers not understanding that sometimes, mistakes happen. I am a human being, we all mess up sometimes!

7. Having the boss from hell, it's their way or the highway! Even though I did my job correctly and efficiently, if I don't do it the exact way you do, I'm a piece of shit.

8. Having coworker who don't help out, who bend the rules just enough to screw you over.

9. Having to be at work after closing because a customer is taking forever and half! Not like I'd like to go home or anything!

10. Having shitty hours and more shifts than you asked for. Just because we don't have enough workers, doesn't mean I want to pick up every shift that you cant cover, oh great boss of mine!

11. Not having time for a social life. It gets old saying, "I can't I have work..." Every day of the week!

12. Having that lazy costumer who can't do anything for themselves... no please I'll get that, it's no problem at all!

It's just my face, I swear.

1. When you meet new people, they automatically assume you hate them or are rude.

2. People are constantly asking you if you're OK.

3. After being friends with someone for a while, they confess to you, "I thought you were so mean when I first met you," or, "I thought you hated me."

4. You get told to smile more, but they don't understand how scary that would be.

5. You're always labeled as seeming "judgy."

6. Passing a friend with your RBF in full force and not realizing you just shot them a death glare.

7. Being sarcastic, but everyone thinks you're outright rude.

8. Not knowing how mean you really look until you see a picture of yourself in resting face.

9. Your apologies never sound sincere because of your emotionless face.

10. Your "mad face" scares you.

11. And, lastly, people are constantly asking you if you are happy or having a good time because you look bored to death.

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