University of Dayton - MyLife

A Much Needed Fall Break

After midterms and papers that seemed like they would never end, it was finally time to take a few days off and go home for fall break. I think that this year's fall break was needed more than ever before. Usually, I have a few midterms or papers before the long weekend begins, but this semester was much different than ever before. The week before fall break I had three midterms in a row, followed by a presentation and a paper on the last day of the three day stretch of exams, not to mention two more midterms immediately after the weekend, right before break started. You'd think after being in college for more than 3 years, I would be more than ready to handle a crazy week like that, but being a senior just makes everything harder. Senioritis kicks in and procrastination is at it's best. Next thing I knew, I had only gotten 4 hours of sleep within two days and was running purely on caffeine. It was a bit crazy, but I got through it, caught up on sleep and finally had a chance to relax and I love it. Without fall break, there would be too many stressed out and sleep-deprived college students that I don't think we'd even be able to make it until the rest of the semester. So thank you, UD, for giving us a much needed long weekend so we can recover and go back to school on Monday refreshed and energized and ready to tackle the second half of the semester.

Oct 11, 2008 3:15 PM Permalink