What a sad thing…my Christmas vacation is at its end. Tomorrow morning brings a full day of classes and labs, and more than likely, an assignment or two. I have enjoyed each and every day of my beautiful freedom from the responsibilities of school, and am certainly not ready to jump back into a rigid schedule spiced with study marathons. Looking back, my holidays couldn’t have been much brighter — J. and I were able to spend most all of our break together, including a relaxed and present-filled Christmas. We also visited many of our family members for the holidays. Over the past week we have been blessed with warm afternoons to pass riding the Nighthawk, a few cherished hours of pleasure reading, and with good times spent with friends.
Obviously I have no complaints — only a lovely holiday season to tuck into my memory bank. Still, I am left wondering where all of those days and weeks went, and how it is possible that it is truly time to return to a normal work schedule. Why must free time always move at a fast-forward speed? I long to press the pause button, and soak up a few more days of fun. However, I must open the doors to my brain, and return to high-power mode. On a more optimistic note, the spring semester does pass quickly, and I have an exciting summer of traveling to look forward to. I wish you all the best, as we officially leave the holidays and 2004 behind.
Yuck! I feel your pain. I don’t go back to school quite yet, fortunatly I still have a few more days of total and complete relaxation. I go back to school on January 10th. I’m not sure if you’ve been reading my journal lately…but I recently got some disappointing news when I went to register for classes at HCC. Looks like I’m not going to have a crazy 19 credit hour semester after all; rather I am going to have a slack 12 credit hour semester. I’m trying to figure out what I’m going to do with all my spare time; I’m seriously considering getting a job. I have to do some major reconsideration pertaining to my career plan it seems. ::Sighs:: Why can’t things be a little easier? I’m not asking for things to be handed to me…..but why can’t things be a little less difficult to get done?! Hope your first day of classes goes well! You must tell me about all your classes! Take care!
Autumn, I certainly sympathize with you. Semester pass too quickly and a new semester begins. More importantly, semester breaks go away permanently too soon as well! All I could think of as I read your entry was “I want a break that lasts several weeks too!!!”. Hope you have a great semester!
Honey, thank you for making those short weeks very bright for me. I’ll be here for no matter how short or long these seasons are.
Yes, Kip…I do realize that I still have much to rejoice about in the time off department. While things can get hectic, it is lovely to have a couple of solid weeks that are completely free of work obligations and the like. One day I will have a job that will make me miss these vacations because they will not exist. For now, I just long for more free time. Thanks for the semester wishes!
And to my sweet J. — you’re the best. xo