Everything you realize when you come back to Blacksburg after break

How is reading day already next week?

Thanksgiving break, aside from the month-long winter break, is one of the best breaks we get as college students. It’s a time to give into your gluttonous nature and ignore all your responsibilities back at school. Motto of the break: out of sight, out of mind. But after you’ve lapsed into at least three turkey comas and spent Black Friday spending money on things you can’t afford or don’t even need, you come back to good ole Blacksburg. Suddenly, you realize a few important things that so easily skipped your mind the week before.

It’s f***ing cold in the mountains

If you’re not from a cold climate or if you spent the last week in an unseasonably warm place, then coming back is a cold shock. It’s at least 10 degrees warmer in southwest Virginia if you’re not in the mountains. Still on vacation in your head? Well, Blacksburg’s brisk air will snap you back into reality really quickly.

Next Friday is reading day

How did this happen so quickly? While you were on break you may have fooled yourself into thinking you have all the time in the world when you get back to school. Nope, you have less than two weeks to bring that C up to an A and kiss your professors’ behinds or start thinking of other career options that don’t require a degree.

Graduation is next semester

If you’re a senior you’ve either completely denied that you’re graduating and will have to be a real person or you’ve had a countdown to May 12th on your phone since school started. Regardless, graduation is in a little over 150 days and it’s time to get serious. If you’re not graduating, then you only have one semester left with your senior friends, and that’s pretty sad.

You have no food

The last week was spent stuffing your face with every food imaginable but more than likely you returned to an empty fridge or a diminished meal plan when you got back to Blacksburg. Hopefully your family loved you enough to send you back with leftovers so you don’t have to starve for the next two weeks.

S*** just got real

Five essays, two group projects, three extra credit assignments, countless exams, club obligations, the need to sleep; it’s all so overwhelming. And guess what? You only have a couple weeks to complete everything and chances are you won’t do it very gracefully. Accept the nervous breakdowns and childish tantrums and finish the semester strong.

May the curve be ever in your favor and may your professors have pity on you. Good luck!

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