You look like a pumpkin.

We all see them: the people with the spray tans, the ones burnt from tanning beds.

Something’s coming.

Spring break. Freedom.

It’s such a big deal in college and every year the pre-spring break craziness gets out of control.

First, there’s those tans.

If you go to a tanning salon, you run the risk of getting skin cancer. In July 2010, Indiana passed a tax on indoor tanning to make people think twice before making their skin a fake color.

Spray tans are healthier, but I didn’t know Oompa Loompa was in style this year.

Are those fake tans really necessary?

I’m also a pale person so I’m biased, but I think pale skin is better. It pretty much glows in the moonlight.

That’s sexy right there, pale skin glowing on the beach with a full moon.

Second, we have the people who brag about the great places they are going.

According to the travel portal MacQuil, Cancun, Mexico is the number one spring break destination with Panama City Beach, Fla. following close behind.

Those two places make me extremely jealous. I don’t have the funds this year to go anywhere special.

Yes, the people going on trips probably worked their asses off to pay for them. But, you know what, I’m still jealous.

I don’t want to hear about how much fun you are going to have while I get to sit with great grandma at the nursing home and knit with her.

And third, relationships go sour. If you aren’t in a serious relationship, chances are that you or your significant other will want to be single for party time.

According to the Heartland Times’ website, David McCandless, a British designer and author, researched Facebook statuses – go figure – for when break-ups happen.

Out of 10,000 people, the highest percentage for break-up statuses was shortly before spring break.

So people break-up for a possible hook-up when they will probably be too drunk to remember any of it.

Now that’s an awesome idea.