It can be hard to see your friends go off to have fun in the sun for Spring Break while you stay in cold, dark, and gray Minnesota. Don’t be fooled though, you can do a lot more than just sit on Facebook all day and sulkily browse through the spring vacation pictures your friends upload.

1. Movies, TV Shows, Video Games

I’m not saying you should sit in your basement for the whole week in front of a screen, but watching something that doesn’t take much brain power is a great way to unwind. With your extra week, watch something you’ve always wanted to watch but didn’t for whatever reason. Bundle up for the entire “Lord of the Rings” trilogy (and do a little dance every time Aragorn or Legolas does something cool), or watch all of the Harry Potter series. The possibilities are endless, especially if you have Netflix ($7.99 a month!).

2. Activities

One is never too young for building a pillow fort, except instead of only designating a little corner of the room to making a mediocre fort with just a blanket or two, make a cushion castle! Before I start listing things, you should just consult “The Dangerous Book for Boys” for fun activities – that baby saved my summer in ‘07 and ‘13. Learn how to build the flyest paper airplane ever, write a song, or watch “How I Met Your Mother” and do every activity that the group does together.

Express your anger towards your friends who went somewhere warm by TP-ing their house, or by putting a “For Sale” sign in their front yard.

3. Fake it until you make it

Go to a local hotel and get a picture with an ethnic employee, making it seem like you went somewhere. Make future plans for a vacation, so next time the people who went somewhere will be in your position. Don’t risk getting skin cancer and get a spray tan. Pack your suitcase and wait to be abducted by aliens.

4. Do something stupid

Pretty self-explanatory. “No ragrets” guys, right?