I've been a bit quiet for the past couple of weeks, as I've been finishing a stage of a publication project over the past couple of weeks and also grading mountains of exams and papers. I even took my work with me the week before last to spend several days hanging out with my mom and her sweet, old, rescue dog in a warmer location than the upper Midwest.
(Dress - Anthropologie (remixed), Cardigan - Say What (remixed), Flats - Steve Madden (remixed))
My mom had to work most of the time that I was there, so I dug into my work with breaks each day that I was there for either running or walking outside in sunny 60F weather. I loved spending time with my mom and goofing off.
Although I was technically on spring break and do not actually get paid for my labor those days, let the record show that I graded 50 exams, wrote two lectures, and made substantial progress on a research project during my so-called vacation. But being able to do it in a place where I could walk outside without putting on snow stomping boots or a coat and where I could hang out with my mom made it a wonderful break all the same.
Academics, have you had your spring break yet? What did you do? What are you looking forward to most about spring? Has it arrived yet in your neck of the woods?
