We made it. Today is the last Monday of classes for the semester. That means we have one week left until finals, which means we have one last week before we experience 120 hours straight of excruciating sadness, stress, and depression. In other words, this is the week to (try to) live it up one last time.

The last week of classes at SUNY Cortland basically looks like a tornado ripped through campus and tore everyone’s lives apart. No one knows what’s going on, no one is running on more than 3 hours of sleep, and no one has a hint of happiness on their face. Instead, they’re spending every waking minute of spare time either studying for the 12 finals they most likely have, or relying on going to the bars and trying to forget about all 12 of those finals by drowning themselves in alcohol. Every store within a 3-mile radius from campus is most likely sold out of coffee, and every last cent of dragon dollars are most likely being used at Dunkin’ otherwise no one's making it through the day.

If you thought the library was packed during the earlier weeks of the semester, just wait until you see it now. And don’t be surprised if you notice some kids in the same exact spot wearing the exact same outfit they wore the day before. Just know they probably camped out overnight. And if you think the library is packed, wait until you see the bars. Don’t even bother trying to get more than one drink while you’re there, because by the time you even successfully make it through the swarm of people crowding the bar and make it to the front, the bar will be closing. Just make sure you pregame hard enough before you go out if you want any chance of having a successful drunken night, because you know you’re relying on that successful drunken night to keep you from having a heart attack when thinking about how much work and studying you still have to do.

This week is the final stretch. The end is in sight. All we have left to do is pray for a miracle, kick our final’s asses, and thank the higher powers for getting us through another semester alive (well, barely alive). If you’re a senior, don’t be so hard on yourself. These are your last moments as a college student, and you want to make the most of it. If you’re a freshman, sophomore, or junior, just do everything it takes to make it through this week and then make sure you have a kick ass summer before you get sucked right back up into the endless cycle of work and studying once again!