Pros and Cons of Family Weekend

Pro: Getting to see your family.Con: Oh god, now that they’re gone you feel so alone! Ahh! Pro: Getting to eat real food for once.Con: Having to eat vegetables for the first time since you got here. Pro: Getting to meet your friends’ parents.Con: Having to pretend to be a good influence so that your friends’ parents approve of you. Pro: "Whoa, you look just like your mom!"Con: "Whoa, you look just like your dad!" Pro: Shopping for new clothes.Con: Getting your new clothes rained on. Pro: You get more money.Con: It comes with a free pair of strings attached. Pro: Your parents stuffed your contraband mini-fridge with soda and the underside of your bed with Easy Mac and Cup Ramen.Con: The food in your room will disappear in what you can only assume was some sort of Robin Hood-esque sting operation. Pro: Exploring Portsmouth.Con: Getting hopelessly lost in Portsmouth. Pro: Your roommate is in Boston, so you can finally hold a party in your room.Con: Everyone else is in Boston, so you end up dancing to Beyonce on your own, looking more stupid than you usually do. Pro: Your room is clean.Con: You spent your free on Thursday cleaning your room. (Just kidding, you have no frees on Thursday, you poor soul.) Hopefully this article could cheer up all you extra homesick preps, stressed out seniors and everyone inbetween. While Family Weekend is over, just remember that it wasn't all great.