By Kait O'Donnell

Does anyone get enough relaxation?

Instead of bright-eyed, happy, and restored faces, the only adjectives we can use to describe ourselves would be more along the lines of lazy, exhausted, and run-down.

Spring break is almost here! WOO HOO. But lets be honest with ourselves for a moment. When we come back from spring “break” are we really back, energized, and ready to tackle the rest of the school year? If you’re like most of the student population here at Purdue, my guess would be no. If anything it’s the polar opposite. Whether you’re going to Florida, the Bahamas, California, or even back home to grandmas house, no one ever really seems to get around to all the “relaxation” they were dreaming about the week before. If your spring break is anything like mine you’ll constantly be on the go. Going to Florida?

Have fun driving 18+ hours there and back. Going home? Well obviously you’ll have to spend every waking moment reliving high school glory days and catching up with your best friends. Then suddenly, without warning, its back to Purdue we go. Instead of bright-eyed, happy, and restored faces, the only adjectives we can use to describe ourselves would be more along the lines of lazy, exhausted, and run-down.

So here’s the real question about spring break… is it really a vacation or more like a way to wear us out? It’s like a little taste of summer only to be slapped in the face when real life kicks in again come the following Monday. The truth of the matter is that spring break is a tease. It really is. No homework, no worries, no problems…. well until the whole “reality slapping you in the face” thing. But it’s like waving a bone in front of a dog. It’s basically Purdue saying, “Here, go sit on the beach for a week and then come back ready to take more exams!” Wait what!? Don’t get me wrong. I LOVE SPRING BREAK. I think its definitely much-needed time away from school, but when it comes to getting re-motived for the next week, it’s nothing short of a nightmare.  

The tans, the perfected beach bods everyone’s worked so hard for, finally getting to wear shorts again, the SUN, spring break has it all… except a pause button. So live it up muchachos because we only get four of these, and we all know its back to the study grind here in Antarctica again soon. Oops, did I say Antarctica? I meant Purdue.