Fall semester is coming to an end, you know what that means?
And there’s no better way to wrap up (*wink wink*) a semester full of blood, sweat, tears, and bad attendance scores in D2L than with a christmas article inspired by The Office. Ready? 3..2..1.. Here we go!!
When you came home for thanksgiving and your mom asked you to help her start decorating
And she offered to take you shopping and got you a bunch of cute stuff and then when y’all got in the car she was like “now you know that’s part of your christmas present”
SO then you come back to Campus and the 7 papers, and 4 projects you need to finish in the next 2 weeks hit you in the face like
And THEN the 5 final exams you also have to study for in the next 2 weeks hit you in the face like
And your mom calls to see how you’re doing and you’re like
And finally the glorious day comes when you get to travel home, your christmas spirit has been restored, you’re on top of the world, and when you finally see your siblings and you’re like
And before you know it, it’s Christmas Eve, you’ve had 3 glasses of Bailey’s Irish Cream and your mom has been cooking every meal for you, there’s an endless supply of oreos in the pantry, you’re gonna probably get some money tomorrow, everything smells like pine, you’ve literally never felt better
So the next morning you’re ready to rip open those boxes underneath the tree, but your dad goes into the whole “the most important thing is that we can all be together today” and you’re just like
After you’ve been #blessed by all the presents your mom went and bought, and your dad pretended to know you were gonna get, you await the arrival of your extended family.
So it’s been about 15 minutes, you’ve been schmoozing grandma, and then your cousins show up and now it’s a competition
Next comes the uncle who is always mildly inappropriate
The second cousin who no one invited and only comes for the free food
Then, everyone’s favorite drunk aunt arrives
The whole fam when someone turns on Carol of The Bells
And then there’s that one family member who is just a little… different
The face you make every time someone asks what you’re doing with your life
Drunk aunt the first time someone tries to take her drink away
Trying to explain consent to your southern relatives
Drunk aunt giving out freebies to you and your cousins
When you realize you were slacking on schmoozing grandma and you have to step up your game
Drunk aunt by 6pm
Facetiming your best friend 2 hours into family christmas
When you realize that you’re no longer the center of attention
All of you trying to take a family photo with the self timer on your iphone
And when everyone leaves your mom looks at you like this and says “time to clean up!”