Spring Break
Mar. 17th, 2024 10:45 amI am officially on Spring Break and I am going to gloat and savor it. There's a lot of negativity around academia and more broadly life in the US, so I want to show appreciation for the good things. Because there are good things!
One really good thing is having an entire week off in the middle of the semester when things are starting to get warmer and nicer and you can use it to relax, catch up, spend more time outside, travel, take care of important appointments, clean all the things, or just veg out. I am going to do all of those things except travel because I travel so much normally. (I was in Spain in February, Canada a week ago, and I'll be in Sweden in April!)
I missed Spring Break when I lived in Sweden. There, you get a long Easter Weekend, but that just means a free Friday and Monday and because it's a holiday, stuff is closed. Like you have to go to the liquor store on Thursday because it will be closed Good Friday through Easter Monday.
My Spring Break started Friday afternoon with a visit from![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
drinkingcocoa who stayed overnight and let me play hostess (which makes me happy). We visited an art exhibit on Trans Joy by a friend of hers in Rockville, had a lovely Indian dinner, a nice lie-in on Saturday and then went to Baltimore for and art and craft exhibition at the Convention Center. The day was stunning and we were able to have lunch outside at a pub. It was soooo nice.
I did zero work for more than 24 hours.
This year, my spring break also aligns with St. Patrick's Day (Today!) so I will be going to my little town bookstore to have a Guinness on the Patio to celebrate not being Irish. I will do a little work today, but it's with less pressure. I can catch up and I will also be running and enjoying the spring warmth.
I love Spring Break!
One really good thing is having an entire week off in the middle of the semester when things are starting to get warmer and nicer and you can use it to relax, catch up, spend more time outside, travel, take care of important appointments, clean all the things, or just veg out. I am going to do all of those things except travel because I travel so much normally. (I was in Spain in February, Canada a week ago, and I'll be in Sweden in April!)
I missed Spring Break when I lived in Sweden. There, you get a long Easter Weekend, but that just means a free Friday and Monday and because it's a holiday, stuff is closed. Like you have to go to the liquor store on Thursday because it will be closed Good Friday through Easter Monday.
My Spring Break started Friday afternoon with a visit from
drinkingcocoa who stayed overnight and let me play hostess (which makes me happy). We visited an art exhibit on Trans Joy by a friend of hers in Rockville, had a lovely Indian dinner, a nice lie-in on Saturday and then went to Baltimore for and art and craft exhibition at the Convention Center. The day was stunning and we were able to have lunch outside at a pub. It was soooo nice.I did zero work for more than 24 hours.
This year, my spring break also aligns with St. Patrick's Day (Today!) so I will be going to my little town bookstore to have a Guinness on the Patio to celebrate not being Irish. I will do a little work today, but it's with less pressure. I can catch up and I will also be running and enjoying the spring warmth.
I love Spring Break!
