Today is the first day of my Spring Reading Week. It's kind of like March Break but instead of being a relaxing week to take a vacation or play in the snow (a la grade school) it is an opportunity to take a quick breather and then scramble to catch up on all of the readings and assignments you've been falling behind on for the last 6 weeks. It is also an opportunity to begin writing the papers due in the next 6 weeks, especially if all of your profs have chosen to make the final papers due the last week of classes. It sure isn't going to all get written then so that means it has to get started now...unfortunately.
Happily there will still be a little time for leisure activities. For one thing I'll be spending a part of each day at the pool on campus.
I started swimming at the beginning of January with my friend H and have come to crave my daily swim. I'm a pretty good swimmer, not especially fast, but I was a lifeguard and swimming instructor in high school so I know my way around a pool. And of course as my endurance increases I'm enjoying my time there more and more, H and I joke that we are addicted to the endorphines! That's fine by me, I've always had a hard time sticking to any exercise schedule, but this is so fun that it's not like exercise at all!
I also plan on finishing the novel I'm currently working on, Persuasion by Jane Austen.
I've read 2 of her other books, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, and I recently purchased the 4 others that I had not yet read. Persuasion is first on my list and I'm about halfway through - and so far Miss Austen is coming through once again. I'm looking forward to finishing it and starting another...maybe Mansfield Park, we'll see!
Lucky you getting to start your reading week a week earlier than mine. I've got one more mid term then I get to relaaaxx…I'm excited.
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