The Death of Spring Break
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The Death of Spring Break

And the Birth of Adulthood

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The Death of Spring Break
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Oh, spring break. I used to love you for the respite you gave from school. You gave me enough time to recover towards the end of the school year and actually make it possible to make it to the end of the year. I never really had to worry about doing that much to stay caught up on things; the only cares I ever seemed to have were related to how much fun I could cram into one week.

My, how times have changed.

Spring break isn't the break that it used to be anymore. Life has found a way to crush it and make it just another busy week in the grand scheme of things. It's actually kind of ironic, because most of my professors have "tried" to avoid giving out assignments for us to work on over spring break. Even with that being the case, I'll either be stuck working on my project for my Measurements and Statistics class or slaving away over a computer at work. There is no true 'slowdown period' this time around.

To be honest, I'm not sure I'll ever have that slowdown period ever again. I only have a year of school left once we finish this spring semester, and yes it feels absolutely amazing. That being said, I feel like I'm only going to be busier and busier as graduation gets closer. Spring break may not be the only holiday period I'm used to loving that gets completely and utterly shattered by responsibilities and the like. Summer break long ago ceased to exist, and I can only imagine it getting worse from here.

So, no, I probably won't be lucky enough to be sitting on the beach this time next week or the week after that. It doesn't feel like there's enough time in the day left for me to actually slowdown, and that may be because I have too much on my plate. Just remember me when you're down there with toes in the sand and cold drink in hand. While you're at it, have a cold one for me, too.


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