You’ve played tour guide with your parents when they came to Chapel Hill, and now it’s time for your parents to entertain you. If you are heading home for Easter, your parents probably have the whole weekend planned out. Here are some of the things you might have to prepare yourself for during family weekend.
“Who wants to play another game of Monopoly?!” Your dad shouts.
You have just played two hours of capitalism simulator, where you landed on every single red hotel, lost all your money on the railroad and have been to jail at least three times. Somehow you end up poorer than you are in real life.
You would rather slip into a coma than play another round, but Dad is already doling out the money.
“Wake up! It’s time to get ready for church!”
Ah yes, Easter Sunday. The day you dress in your Sunday best at 7:30 a.m. because you have to be at least an hour early to the 9 a.m. service. By the time the service starts, you’re half asleep.
“Oh! My show is on!” Your dad says.
Reluctantly, you stop binge watching “Better Call Saul” and let him have the remote.
You end up watching “The Five” on Fox News.
“While you’re here, can you help me with my phone?” Your mom asks.
She has finally joined the digital age and got a iPhone, and you are apparently the family Geek Squad.
You hook up her email accounts and help her set the grainy picture she took of a sunset as her screen lock background.
Twenty minutes later, you get a notification that she has started following you on Twitter.
“Who wants waffles?” Literally the best thing your mom has said this entire weekend.
Waking up at home after being gone for a while is always kind of weird, but waking up to the smell of waffles makes it all worthwhile.
As Mom hands you a stack of waffles drowning in syrup, you remember why you come home.
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