2008 Woodie Awards
The rites of spring: all this homework and nothing to do
By: Marisha Pietrowski
Issue date: 4/10/08 Section: Forum
I spent a fair amount of time this week struggling to decide on a topic to write about for this column you're reading.
I followed the news reports, campus events and hot topics in an effort to find something that I could write a strong column about, and, frankly, my mind is absolutely blank. I just cannot bring myself to do any relevant work that involves using Microsoft Word or similar applications.
Writer's block has gotten the best of me, so it seems.
This is not a good statement to be making when I still have seemingly endless amounts of papers and projects to do before the semester ends (only 22 days left until the final exam day, but who's counting?).
Thanks to pure fatigue, stress, lack of sleep and too many assignments due in too little time, I cannot bring myself to think clearly, coherently or creatively.
Last month I wrote about my frustrations regarding the rough March weather much of Ohio experienced and how I was awaiting spring's arrival with open arms. Well, spring has finally sprung (at least for the moment), and the weather outside actually reflects the date on the calendar.
But now I'm wondering if there was another reason that I wanted spring to come so badly.
I never thought I was a person who experienced "spring fever," or that I'd still have problems spending the same amount of time slaving over assignments as I have for the entire semester.
It seems as though I haven't spent any time outside in the longest time. Why would it matter that the seasons changed? The changing of the season wouldn't lessen the amount of work I'm doing!
Now, though, I'm beginning to feel the arrival of spring is actually something that I wanted for reasons other than losing the inconvenience of winter weather.
Maybe I subconsciously knew I would get spring fever and feel even more tired and annoyed with the amount of school work I have to accomplish!
I'm sure most of you can relate. The idea that, after a long winter of sitting inside and not being able to experience fresh air without worrying you'll catch hypothermia, it's possible to go outside and actually enjoy it.
I followed the news reports, campus events and hot topics in an effort to find something that I could write a strong column about, and, frankly, my mind is absolutely blank. I just cannot bring myself to do any relevant work that involves using Microsoft Word or similar applications.
Writer's block has gotten the best of me, so it seems.
This is not a good statement to be making when I still have seemingly endless amounts of papers and projects to do before the semester ends (only 22 days left until the final exam day, but who's counting?).
Thanks to pure fatigue, stress, lack of sleep and too many assignments due in too little time, I cannot bring myself to think clearly, coherently or creatively.
Last month I wrote about my frustrations regarding the rough March weather much of Ohio experienced and how I was awaiting spring's arrival with open arms. Well, spring has finally sprung (at least for the moment), and the weather outside actually reflects the date on the calendar.
But now I'm wondering if there was another reason that I wanted spring to come so badly.
I never thought I was a person who experienced "spring fever," or that I'd still have problems spending the same amount of time slaving over assignments as I have for the entire semester.
It seems as though I haven't spent any time outside in the longest time. Why would it matter that the seasons changed? The changing of the season wouldn't lessen the amount of work I'm doing!
Now, though, I'm beginning to feel the arrival of spring is actually something that I wanted for reasons other than losing the inconvenience of winter weather.
Maybe I subconsciously knew I would get spring fever and feel even more tired and annoyed with the amount of school work I have to accomplish!
I'm sure most of you can relate. The idea that, after a long winter of sitting inside and not being able to experience fresh air without worrying you'll catch hypothermia, it's possible to go outside and actually enjoy it.
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