This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Cabrini chapter.
It’s the week before Thanksgiving and all you want to do is get home so you can catch up on some much needed sleep and cuddle up on the couch while watching Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas.
Waiting for a holiday break (even if it’s only three days) can feel like it takes a lifetime to arrive. But once it arrives, it is the best feeling in the world. You have nothing to worry about for a few days, get to spend time with family and just relax.
But before you get to do any of that, you have to get through the dreaded pre-break week and, let’s be honest, Gilmore Girls explains your struggles so well.
You accept the fact that there’s no way you can get through the week without a little coffee and a lot of sarcasm:
Okay, maybe a lot of coffee is more like it:
Especially when you’re attempting to finish all of the assignments that have been unloaded the week right before:
You’re ready for some good ol’ home-cooked meals because the food in the cafeteria just doesn’t cut it:
So you start sending your family recipes that you want prepared for the Thanksgiving feast:
Because, let’s face it, Thanksgiving food is amazing:
And you’ve prepared for the moment when you’ll be eating more within a few hours than you did at any other point in the year:
By the time Thursday rolls around, you’ve basically given up on schoolwork:
And you’re past the point of wondering how to respond to relatives’ probing questions:
By the time Tuesday comes around, you can’t wait for that moment where you can just:
Just one more week–you can do this!