This Lady is About to Quack...

     The end of the semester brings about mental and physical exhaustion for pretty much every college student. People outside of the college life would figure that finals are the things students dread the most. Well they would probably be partially correct, but finals are just the last nail in the coffin. We have just entered into dead week. Students start to panic as semester projects begin to come due. Those assignments that were explained at the beginning of the semester and that were believed to have plenty of time to complete before their due date: THEY'RE DUE THIS WEEK! Those tests that are over the information you covered in the last few weeks, you know the weeks that all you could think about was the fact that summer was coming: THEY HAPPEN THIS WEEK! On top of all of the assignments and tests, all of those organizations and activities you are involved in want to honor you or celebrate the end of the year during THIS WEEK!
     So let's see here, this week you need to: complete all of those last minute projects, study for all of the tests for which you forgot to take notes, attend all of your regular class periods, make sure you get in all of your work study hours so you don't end up owing money for school, attend all the events for your extracurricular activities, and start packing to leave for the summer.
     Then next week you have to: attempt to study for the tests that will determine whether you pass or fail the semester, receive little sleep because of the studying, survive on excessive amounts of caffeine and sugar, and then actually take the tests.
     After you have completed all tests and assignments for the semester, you have to say bye to the friends you haven't seen for at least 2 weeks because of dead week and finals week. Then you have to shove all your stuff into storage and take home the small amount of stuff you will actually use over the summer.
     Finally, if you make it to that point, you can just BREATH. In and out. And then sleep for about 10 weeks before you have to return and begin it all again.

Hello Dead Week. Goodbye Social Life and Sleep.