Wednesday, March 8, 2006 | by nathan

Spring…Break?

Next week is spring break. Not that it’s going to matter a sodding lot. I have two major writing projects and my internship to keep me busy, so I am going nowhere. Well, that may be a stretch. I am going forward in time, of course, and I am going to and from work. So there’s that.

When I was in college I always scheduled my classes so I could have three-day weekends. The idea was to have as much time as possible to spend at the beach, or in the mountains, or, as was more likely, studying. They did call it Work Forest, after all.

But, I live in Oklahoma, which is a wonderful place to live, but there are no beaches here. There are mountains, and gorgeous prairies, and canyons, and you have to know where to find all of this stuff, as its locations are not readily apparent. Oklahoma is not a state for lazy people. You have to be willing to make your own fun.

Although now that I think about it, I think I will take a day this next week and do something. It has been far, far too long since I took a day to head out to Red Rock Canyon to hike and pray. Or perhaps Roman Nose State Park, or the lake, if things warm up. But, I need to get ahead on Gazette work, and the nonfiction project, and the novel…geez.

After all, my car has new tires, and I am getting its oil changed tonight after work, so Calvin will be back in the saddle again in almost every way. That will be great. I love my car, folks. We’ve been together for five years now, and he has a lot more miles on him than he used to, a lot more little old-car quirks, but he’s in mostly good health and I am crazy about him.

—AAAHHHH!— a crazy influx of students into the lab. I have grown, over the course of this semester, to HATE it in here. I can’t wait until May, when I don’t work here anymore. Of course, that leaves the problem of what to do for summer employment, but it always did. I can’t write in here. And if one more sorority girl or broadcasting guy sighs loudly in my face because I tell them that only journalism students can log in, there is going to be some violence happening.

But I might be a little angry.