I Miss Spring Break

Articles from Boomer Magazine in Richmond, VA

I Miss Spring Break

Written by Briana Easter

Tuesday, 16 March 2010 13:23

My sister is in Florida for spring break.

You remember spring break, don’t you? Sun, sand, swimwear. A week of escape from classes, papers and a teetering pile of neglected reading. Studying is left behind for sunbathing and boogie boarding. Nights are spent on the boardwalk, margarita in hand.

As Richmond has been under cloud and gloom the past few days, a bit of sunshine would be a welcome change. I work in a windowless office though, so a break in the dreary gray would go unnoticed.

Sigh.

It’s been nearly a year since graduation, and I’ve never stopped thinking about going back. College was such an exciting blur of beer pong, late night trips to IHOP and pulling practical jokes on the roommates.

When I told a grad school buddy I missed college she looked at me like I was, well, crazy.

She’s teaching, grading papers, taking classes and interning — all while keeping up with a part-time job and boyfriend. It seems I’ve conveniently blocked out the mind-numbing stress, the never-ending workload and the habitual state of being broke. So broke…

Nonetheless, as we come up on deadline here at the magazine, I think I’d rather be on spring break in Florida.

Oh look, I just got a text from my sister. She’s sitting by the pool sipping on a banana cabana.

I’ve always hated her.