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Second Semester: As Told By Grey's Anatomy

But then after all the fun is over, the exams kick in and you are right back to waking up before 10 every morning.

Julia Haugh

Mar 04, 2015

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Second Semester: As Told By Grey's Anatomy

When you first get back from break, all you can think about is getting back to your friends and participating in all the fun activities for welcome week.

But then after all the fun is over, the exams kick in and you are right back to waking up before 10 every morning.

When your professor hands out the syllabus... and there is an exam within the next two weeks...

When you regret signing up for classes earlier than 12 o'clock...

When you refuse to get out of bed to go to class...

Then you just have to look on the bright side and get through the day...

When you go out for the first Tuesday of the semester...

And then Thursday, Friday and Saturday....

When you sleep through your 8 a.m... again...

When people ask you about your spring break diet...

When you think you should start exercising again...

But then you find yourself back on the couch...

When your friends are talking about how happy they are all the time...

But then you reach a new level with your best friends...

When your mom calls you to see how you are doing...

Will someone please tell me why I took the hardest classes ever?

When midterms roll around and all you can think about is how stressed out you are...

When you can't go out with your friends because you are in the library studying...

And how you haven't gotten a full nights sleep in weeks...

You finally get to sleep and all you want is to be left alone...

When you walk into your exams like a boss...

But you leave like...

When you try to explain how you feel to your friends...

Realizing spring break is around the corner...

The feeling of going food shopping for the first time in like a month...

Valentine's day is also during second semester so there's that...

When you neglect your foundation and mascara for a good week and you have been sitting in the library for 24 hours...

But in the end, time does fly and you will inevitably miss the all nighters and the nights out with your friends...

And then you get all emotional about leaving everyone...

And then you are right back at the beginning, just waiting for next fall so you can do it all over again.

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But then after all the fun is over, the exams kick in and you are right back to waking up before 10 every morning.

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It's not all morning coffees and singing along to the radio.

You can't just go to your room to take a nap in the middle of your classes.

Having to spend all your extra cash on gas for your car.

Speaking of money, you probably don't have a meal plan so you're forced to scrounge up some change or mooch off of your friends.

It can be harder to maintain the friendships you make with people from class.

Finding a parking spot.

It can be harder to be involved on campus because between your one, two, or three jobs and school you don't have much free time.

When you try to be super involved on campus, it can kill your sleep schedule.

It's impossible to do homework at home, but staying on campus isn't an option sometimes.

There are surveys and events that you can't participate in because you're a commuter.

Group projects are the bane of your existence.

Traffic.

Your backpack rivals that of a survivalist trekking in the woods.

Driving all the way to campus to find a note on the door of your classroom saying class was cancelled.

Because have you ever had to endure grilling your foot on a George Foreman?

1. When he just wanted bacon from his George Foreman grill

2. When he had money (and Jan) issues

3. When he got upstaged at Phyllis' wedding

4. When he unintentionally saved Meredith from rabies

5. When he wore a "bisexual" suit

6. When he had to apologize to Jesus

7. When his GPS drove him into a lake

8. When he had to deal with Ryan as his boss

9. When he couldn't fulfill his most generous empty promise

10. When this happened

11. When he struggled with a X-Mas break up

12. When he had to defend his generosity

13. When he threw a classy Christmas party for Holly but she had a boyfriend

14. When he had to stand up to peer pressure

15. When Toby was "Toby-ish"

This isn't just for the single Pringles out there either, folks

Run Around Clanging Pots and Pans in Everyone's Face

Eat the Last Few Pigs in a Blanket

Pop Twelve White Grapes

Burn Something

Smash Things Against a Wall

Spontaneously Begin an Irish Jig

Call Your Mother

Throw a Coffee Table Out a Window

Sing "Auld Lang Syne" at the Top of Your Lungs

Do Some Squats

Swan Dive into a Nearly Freezing Body of Water

Take a Shot

Time to be merry and bright.

"First Noel" by Leslie Odom, Jr

"A Holly Jolly Christmas" by Burl Ives

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Kelly Clarkson

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey

"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home" by Michael Buble

"Last Christmas" by Taylor Swift

"The Christmas Song" by Josh Groban

"White Christmas" by Idina Menzel

"O Holy Night" by David Archuleta

"Believe" by Josh Groban

"Les cloches du hameau" by Celine Dion

Or at least try to do.

1. I will wake up (sorta) on time for class.

2. I will look decent for class.

3. I will go to the gym more.

4. I will go to the library and study more.

5. I will meet new people.

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