After a week full of panic, stress, tears, breakdowns, sleepless nights, greasy-hair-don’t-care attitude and sweatpants galore, hell week (aka finals week) is finally over. But after a torturous week, it is almost too good to be true that you can finally relax, binge watch your favorite Netflix shows, drink one too many glasses of wine and actually enjoy the company of another human being without feeling guilty.
The first few days of this new-found freedom feel strange because you find yourself not knowing what to do with all of this sudden burst of free time. So, for the first few days, actually the first week and a half, you wake up every morning feeling like you have forgotten something dreadfully important, and a gigantic catastrophe is about to go down. But, there is something so blissful when you realize it was just a nightmare and in reality you have zero responsibilities for the next three months.
1. I missed my final!
Birds chirping cheerfully in the background, gorgeous sun beams filling the room as you take a glorious full body stretch in the midst of your sea full of blankets and fluffy pillows. Basking in the satisfaction that you actually feel fully rested, you look over to the clock and notice it is noon.
*Eyes buldge* I missed my final! How the heck did I sleep until noon?? Quickly you attempt to come up with all of the greatest excuses in your head to feed your professor about your absence. Can I give myself pneumonia? Swine flu? Ebola? #sorryprofessor #imcurrentlyquarantined
2. Ahhhhh, I had a paper due at midnight!
It’s Cinco De Mayo, you're out with your friends and the margaritas have been going steady all night. After a day full of heavy food, tequila and way too many attempts at salsa dancing, it’s time to go home and crash! Once your head hits that bed (you may have or may have not removed all of your makeup), your eyes begin to flutter into the early stages of REM sleep, only to jerk up at the thought of that paper extension you had until midnight.
Frantically, you squabble to find your laptop, open it and begin typing random letters and phrases, only to wake up in the morning realizing that paper doesn't even exist anymore.
Of course, there is also the occasional freakout that you missed your 8 a.m. lab that is worth just about half of your grade, but the beauty is that all of these "nightmares" are far from the reality because it is finally SUMMER:
S: Surreal
U: Utopian
M: Memorable
M: Magical
E: Exciting
R: Relaxing
So enjoy it because you totally deserve a blissful three months filled with relaxation, adventure and just some good ole' fashion you-time.
