By Zach Anderson

That's how I spent the three nights leading up to New Year's:  Shaking uncontrollably in bed with a pretty extreme fever.  Then I spent the next three or four days and nights in the restroom, but I won't get into that. 

Now that I am somewhat back amongst the living, I have to ask myself:  “Is winter break a good time to get sick?”  On one hand, I had few work or school obligations during my week from hell, so I missed very little in that sense.  On the other hand, now I am working again without a proper break.  I don't know how I feel about the whole situation, but I sure didn't have much say in the timing of this sudden illness.

Although there is technically a good portion of the break left before school officially resumes, I am working full time right now and my mind is already pretty devoted to my capstone project.  Now that I am hopefully done being sick, I feel like I really need to get myself organized and prepared for the busy semester ahead. 

So, I feel a bit upset about this winter break.  I mean, this one is not especially busy, but I wish that the name wasn't so misleading.  “Break.”  I don't know.  I think that's some sort of false advertising.  I'm not bitter, but if I wasn't planning on graduating, I might petition for a name change next year.  I might suggest, “A Few Weeks To Work as Much As Possible To Make Some Money You'll Need To Survive Next Semester.”  Or maybe, “About 28 Days to Get Your Crap Together Before It All Starts Again.”  But, all joking aside, I hope I don't find myself calling it, “A Decent Time As Any To Shake Uncontrollably In Your Bed.” 
 


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08/14/2011 19:26

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

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