MJinTexas 14 Sep 2026 The Long Weekend My Favorite Holiday Weekend My first semester in college. I chose to attend a school more than a thousand miles away from home, so going home for the Thanksgiving weekend wasn’t practical. I didn’t have the money to fly home, and if I drove home for just a four-day break, most of my time would be spent in the car. There were only a handful of students on campus who were also too far away from home to make leaving for the holiday practical. By 2:00 P...