Winter Break Takes a Toll

Mark was pumped for winter break. He imagined lounging on the couch, binge-watching every holiday movie ever made while sipping hot cocoa. But then he opened the fridge on day two and found only a carton of milk with an expiration date from 2020, a single wilted carrot, and a mysterious Tupperware that looked like it had survived several historical eras. Instead of cozy nights in, he embarked on what felt like an Olympic-level quest to find food in his neighborhood and ended up staring longingly at the “Closed” signs of every restaurant.
Mark made a heroic attempt to sustain himself on a diet of stale chips and freezer-burnt pizza bites. But the real punchline hit when he decided to make a “gourmet meal” out of the leftovers he found hiding in the back of the freezer—only to set off the smoke alarm, displacing the cat and nearly giving his roommate a heart attack. All he really wanted was to enjoy the holidays, but instead, he became the unwitting star of a slapstick cooking show that showcased the humor in culinary catastrophes and the struggle of winter break survival!