Hello, fellow spring breakers!

While you all are enjoying beaches, cruises, and catching flights to your interesting destinations this year, I will be at home. Why, you ask? Well, unfortunately, I am not the best at planning for trips like these.

The life of a typical college student is ever-eventful. In the midst of actually finding out when spring break is, and trying to make plans with friends, things become mystified.

I consider myself to be a “workaholic,” meaning that every chance I get to make money, I take it. My past spring breaks have simply been uneventful. I took a leave of absence from my job back home, and because I’m technically still in their system, I get the opportunity to come back home and work.

So that’s what I did for every break.

However, I am determined to make this spring break different. I started attentively searching websites like Groupon.com just to get an idea of where I might want to vacation. Unfortunately, time is not of the essence.

Between juggling classes, extracurriculars, social life, mandatory events and my own private projects, time easily escapes me. I know I’m not the only one who experiences this, either. Then comes the savings. Obviously, you have to make money in order to save it, and when that last minute call to your parents doesn’t work, your options are even more limited.

Who says vacationing from the comfort of my old bed at home is wrong?

After all, it is my break right? Just because everyone else might be going away, doesn’t mean that I have to feel bad for staying in. The way I see it, every stolen moment that I am away from my University is a break!

Don’t let the pressure of your peers get the best of you. Spend your break doing what relaxes you. For me, that just happens to be sleeping for several hours at a time, and taste-testing all the food in my fridge when I am awake for free. Looks like this year won’t be much different.