The Other Side of Spring Break

When my spring break begins in a week or two, I know many of my friends are going to be on their way to some of most envious places for any Witt student whose been hanging around the sheets of ice, snow, and weather long enough. Some of them are headed to Daytona Beach, FL, some are headed to sunny Los Angeles the land of Hollywood and the best surf on the main land, and some are headed to the calm and tranquil Virginia Beach for some R&R and the occasional dip in the Atlantic.

But for many, Spring Break isn't the same kind of free-for-all, fun in the sun experience it is for many. For many like me, I'll be packing up my month's worth of laundry and headed back to the enviable traveler's destination of South Bend, IN. For the last few years, the picture above (taken about 50 yards from my buddy's apartment) is what I've been used to. I have to be careful driving, bundled up in all my layers, and trying to avoid the icy patches on the sidewalks.

It's just as well too. Where in other years, I've didn't really have the excuses not to go to a warm place to really get down, I have too many to pick from this year. The real world is steamrolling down the tracks right at me, and I have to build a barrier before it creams me. Applications, portfolios, and the upcoming graduation are coming and barricaded in my house might be the only time it may get done. Weirdly though, many of my friends have already started to plan to bring a book along because they know they have something to work on, or they're going to look at the potential job opportunities in a particular city. The working break has arrived.