This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at New Paltz chapter.
This is it, finals week is upon us. Here are some signs that we are SO ready for winter break.
1. You are craving another big family meal like Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was just a few weeks ago but that does not stop you from craving another big family meal. The campus food is even less appealing now and all you can think about is your favorite home cooked meal.
2. You’re running low on dining dollars
Regardless of what meal plan you have, you are running low on dining dollars. If you are lucky, you have friends who happen to have enough to buy you a meal. If not, you must conserve what dining dollars you have. This basically means that you will be living off ramen till the end of the semester.
3. You miss your parents bugging you about school
You actually miss your parents and listening to them ask the same questions about school. This is a sure sign that you are ready for break. Of course once you are actually home, you will tire of them asking those same questions.
4. You miss your pets even more
If you have pets, you miss them even more during this next two weeks. When the stress of finals starts to get to you, you wish you could just curl up with your pet. Luckily, the therapy dogs on campus can be a good substitute.
5. Those 8 am classes seem more painful now
In the beginning of the semester, you totally thought you could handle those 8 am classes; now you can barely make it to class on time. Walking to class seems even more painful and you can’t wait until you are home and can enjoy sleeping late in your nice bed
6. You have no motivation to study
You have a 10 page paper and three finals yet, you can’t bring yourself to start studying. You have lost the motivation. All you can think about is winter break. This is the point in the semester in which you don’t care, however, you will pull through.
7. You post an instagram picture of friends/family counting down the days until you are reunited
You can’t wait to see your friends, siblings, cousins! Your instagram is covered with pictures of throwbacks and countdowns until you are all reunited once again. You get nostalgic about all those high school memories and start planning activities to do once you and your friends are reunited.
8. You fight with your friends/roommates
You may love your friends/roommates but lately it seems like everything they do gets on your nerves. The stress of finals is causing you to snap at each other and get into little fights.
Although we are ready for winter break, as soon as we leave and the excitement of being home wears off, we will start to miss college and start counting down the days until we are back for the spring semester!
