Moving forward

With the end of Spring Break, one would think that the weather should reflect the wonderful title of this vacation, meaning it should feel like spring, correct? Obviously I'm the only one who thinks this way, because the weather outside, while no where near as bad as full-blown winter, lacks much of the spring feel. While it is sunny and nice looking, the temperature keeps us from thinking that spring can really show up in March. But I digress...

Coming back from break is like a slap in the face. You conveniently "forgot" your books at school, along with the assignments due when you return. So after 10 days of blissful nothingness, you return only to be reminded of everything you have yet to do, such as study for a midterm, read Paideia, and write more papers. Whereas this would not be anything out of the ordinary for day to day college life, things pile up after being gone. I imagine the same thing happens for those in the "real world" who return to work after an extended absence. I don't know about you, but personally, I don't really appreciate it :-) But again, I digress, and life moves forward.

An e-mail reminder was sent out recently reminding students of upcoming registration. It's so weird to think about sophomore year already. I mean, didn't I just move into my luxurious dorm room like last week? And here we are, choosing classes for next fall. It's insane!!! No matter how much you want to hold on to each and every moment, life moves forward (sensing a theme here?) whether you want it to or not.

Anyway, I won't bore you with the details of my break, although I will tell you that 85 degrees is much nicer than the 25 I returned home to :-P Enjoy this lovely week, try to take hold of each moment even as you continue to move forward.

Always,
Allison