The "Grown Up" Holiday

I recently got back from my first college thanksgiving break.

*sound of a record stopping very quickly*

Wait a second. Did I really just call Thanksgiving a "break." Ok, it was a break from school in the same way that breakfast is breaking a fast in which you couldn't eat anyway. Firstly, three days has because a much shorter time since elementary school. Waking up as 12:00 noon makes as these days much shorter. Sunset at 5 continues to make the days even shorter still. That was my fault. I know that about 80% of the population sleep in on holidays, but I also know how bad i feel when I wake up at noon. If i had had the self disipline to go to sleep earlier and wake up sooner I would have had a much more enjoyable break. The second issue with my break was my friends. They wanted to hang out the entire break. I like to hang out, but I'm the one that drives. To me driving is an exhausting and mentally challenging stressor that just tires me out and make me lethargic. I had fun, but the driving wore me out. The third thing was a death in the family. It was actually my best friend's grandfather, but that's close enough to matter. That and family togetherness activities made my break less relaxing than a massage with a jagged rock.

This is the "grown up" holiday. It is a holiday in which you're normal responcibilities and stresses are replaced with new and sometimes worse ones. I don't have to right a paper, but i do have to be social with family member that I have little in common with. I might not have to attend class, but if I don' attend to the turkey, Thanks giving is ruined.

...I can't wait til' Christmas