It’s break-time people! Which means no school, no homework, no stress. It’s awesome, right? But let’s face it, there are also annoying parts about being on break…

1. You get bored.

We have, like, a month off from school. Which is great at first, but then we run out of things to do. Video games get boring. You run out of books (what a travesty). The weather sucks. TV makes your brain hurt. Either way, which so much time with nothing to do, you sometimes get bored.

2. You go back to work.

Instead of being bored, you go back to work after New Years. At least you’re not bored, but work isn’t always uber fun, and maybe you have to work full time, and break passed way too fast.

3. You’re lonely.

Maybe you live a long way away from campus, so you can’t see your dorm friends. Your high school buds aren’t around either. Playing video games with your friends is great, but it’s not the same as going to lunch or getting drinks. You miss your friends.

4. You miss campus.

I don’t mean you miss school and the homework. But campus has become a home for you, and you miss the people, the activities, your friends. You wish you could go back, but not with the whole homework thing.

5. You’re under your parents’ roof.

You’re back at home, and that means Mom and Dad are in charge again. That means chores. It may also mean you’re more kid than adult, and after so many weeks of living on campus and adulting, that can be annoying. (Don’t worry, they’ll figure out you’re an adult, but you still have to help with the dishes. Sorry.)

6. Break has to end.

Even though you might be bored, alone, or going stir-crazy because you are back in the child role, part of you doesn’t want break to actually end. No homework is awesome, and so is hanging out in your pjs all day. But unfortunately, we all have to get back to real life at some point, break has to end, and the semester must begin.

Even though there are annoying aspects of being on break, enjoy the rest of it! We’ll all be wishing for it when we’re drowning in papers.