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The Stages of Going Home for Thanksgiving as Told by GIFs

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Portland chapter.

1. Trying to finish all your assignments before break so you can relax…

2. Not being able to finish all your assignments, so you study while your family plays boardgames…

3. Taking all of your dirty laundry home with you to wash…

4. Arriving at your house to many hugs like a celebrity…

5. Enjoying that first peaceful night before all of your extended family comes over…

6. Waking up after rightfully sleeping in to find your parents have already started cooking…

7. Trying to help but only getting in the way of people frantically mashing potatoes…

8. Making boring chit chat with your older relatives…

9. Being asked if you’re seeing anyone…

10. Being asked if you know what you’re doing after graduation…

11. Being asked anything…

12. Drinking wine with your parents…

13. Someone brings up politics…

14. Trying to eat pie after the shameful amount of dinner you just had…

15. BLACK FRIDAY…

16. Returning to campus and your messy life…

17. Realizing you have no time before finals… 

Kelsie is from Klamath Falls, Oregon. She is a sophomore pursuing a Political Science and Spanish Double Major at the University of Portland. She has five brothers and two sisters. Her hobbies include hiking, watching movies, and telling bad jokes.