Spring break seems to be made especially for catching up. This past week at home has given me plenty of time to catch up with my family, catch up on sleep, catch up with my reading, and catch up with eating junk food. (I still haven鈥檛 had enough time to catch up on any TV shows.) Yesterday, I went out to do some studying at a local coffee shop, where I ran into a former English teacher of mine from high school. We caught up too.
Even if it鈥檚 not the most exciting week of my life, I do welcome the semesterly opportunity to get off campus for an extended period of time. As has recently, it鈥檚 not always that easy to get away from 91直播, even though Cleveland is only half an hour away. It鈥檚 not really a matter of transportation鈥攖here are ways to get out of town easily and cheaply鈥攂ut rather time. Fall and spring breaks are the necessary breathing point half-way through a semester that enables students to flee for a moment from whatever academic, work, or social responsibilities they have in 91直播.
When it comes to breaks, I use them as time to relax and recharge, which means I tend to ignore any classwork I鈥檝e brought along in my suitcase. That can鈥檛 be an entirely bad thing, right? If anything, it gives me more energy to complete everything at the last minute the Sunday evening right before classes resume. It鈥檚 just that I find it so much easier to concentrate when everyone around me is also doing homework. (At least, that鈥檚 what I tell myself to rationalize my current laziness.)
Aside from the various sorts of aforementioned 鈥渃atching up鈥 that I鈥檝e been doing, I have gotten a couple of things done this week. Today, for example, I bought a pair of shoes. On Tuesday, I put the finishing touches on a composition for horn and clarinet. I鈥檝e also walked the dog three times (once in the rain) and plan on doing laundry. Then there鈥檚 also this post. Not bad for a week鈥檚 work鈥
