As a little kid, I loved the holidays, especially Christmas where I can curl up in my warm bed, pop a few movies on the TV, drink some hot cocoa, and go to sleep content. As a young adult, however, sometimes the holidays are the last thing on my mind and being in college makes it difficult to get into that "Christmas spirit"
UGH! Five more minutes PLEASE! I have to mentally prepare myself...
Coming up with a good outfit for the day:
All of these outfits suck! Don't look at me! I still have to find the perfect outfit! (Which is probably in my closet somewhere...)
When the subject of relatives come into the picture:
I don't know how so therefore why are you in my house? Wait...you're related to me? Since when?!
The subject of resumes, job applications, internships, majors/minors, grades, etc...
Parent 1: "Oh look at my son and how they found a job so quickly out of college!" Parent 2: "Look at my daughter, she got the lead in her school play!" Me: *looks at self* I got up today, does that count for a celebration?
When everyone in the family brings up a recent death in the family:
Preparing for conversations with the relatives:
Let's not forget previous Christmases:
When your parents say you don't have to go:
But all in all, we all can't wait for the next one: