Which Way=A BREAK!

Today has been filled with so many delightful things and people.

I went to class and took notes on a lecture about the Cold War, laughed with my classmates at our amazing professor who says "fuck" every minute or so.

I then come home, took a nap, last nights festivities kept me up oh so very late and just lazed around in bed until around six.

A friend came over, we laughed, watched TV, played with Adie and when he left my cheeks ached and my stomach hurt from laughing and smiling so much... Yes that is the day that I had, a good one.

I know it seems hard to believe but, I feel like today's good day comes so few and far between for me.

With all the worries of school and pressures of friends and random drama, something always seems to get in the way from my "good" days.

But today, I put all the bullshit and worries out of my mind and enjoyed my day.

My roommate, Michelle and I went to dinner at an amazing sushi restaurant in Tallahassee called Jasmines.

We talked about the usual; love, life and school, over rolls of cold fish and rice.

We sat there people watching, agreeing that couples who leave there uneaten meals to pause for a smoke break are ridiculous and rude and listening in on the many conversations around us every once and a while....

We then got on the subject of school and I would like to share my findings after our conversation.

At the ripe ol' age of twenty and Michelle twenty-two, we feel as though we have been going to school for about ever.

Going to school is one thing. I love school, I love learning and being able to participate in conversations and feel intelligent in voicing my opinion.

The thing about school, that I don't think people or more importantly parents remember, is that there are really no breaks.

Like my past twelve months for example; I started Fall semester in late August and ended in early December (I had off from December 16th to January 5th, which is a substantial amount of time don't get me wrong. I seem to think of Christmas break as more of an obligation to visit family and do all of that Christamsy kind of stuff than a REAL break).

Then Spring semester started in early January and ended in late April.

Summer A/C secession started in early May, Summer A will end in the middle of June and Summer C will end in the middle of July.

Summer B secession will begin towards the end of June and will complete in early August. Once again my Fall semester will start in late August....

You see what I am saying? It seems to never end for us.

This Fall I will be doing something out of the ordinary, I will be dual-enrolling at Florida State University and Tallahassee Community College! I really am excited about it.

I could possibly be accepted, and should be, for full time admissions to FSU for Spring of '09, but, yes there is always a catch.... Because my last math credit will not be complete until December of '08 and the deadline for all criteria needs to be met by November '08 for Spring '09 admission, there could be a possibility of me not getting into FSU for Spring of '09.

I hope that all made sense to you, so you can take it all in and follow along with the rest of my story....

I really do want to go to Florida State, finally. I mean I have been working towards that for almost two and a half years now....

However, I think that if I didn't get in for Spring of '09 maybe it wouldn't be all that bad. I could have that break I have been talking about.

I am not considering, just not going to school.

I would want to take two or three classes at TCC that would transfer for my major at FSU but besides that maybe just chill out.

Maybe I could take all online classes and have the freedom to go where I want when I want.

Maybe I could go home for a week and just hang out with my parents, or go to Panama City for the week with a few friends and sleep in our cars....

These memories that we are supposed to be making while we are in college, how am I supposed to make them, when I have no real free time. I know, I know the weekends... but that really is it.

I had five days in between Spring semester and Summer A and will have four days in between Summer A and B and then about three weeks in between Summer B and Fall semester. Most likely I will be spending the first couple weeks getting situated in my new house, which I move into exam week of Summer B.

So what do you think?

Am I just complaining and should just suck it up and take this school thing for what it is; School, learning, degrees and no down time? Or take the needed break the first chance I get?

Life, love and the pursuit of happiness= a break from escuela!