So, it appears that this may be in fact for the first time in nigh unto 20 years, that I will not be starting school in the Fall. Yes, for other than the two years I spent as a missionary, which most certainly was not a break, I have been in school since kindergarten. It is really an interesting feeling to not be prepping madly for classes, organizing binders and notebooks, buying books and other school supplies. No, in fact the real challenge is watching all my friends do so, and not be doing the same.
This is in many ways good. I'm not a very emotional person, and I don't think it ever really registered mentally the stress that school put on my system. It really probably only registered in my body. Let me tell you, my body is excited to not have to deal with school again. No more long hours and late nights studying. No being demanded to run in peak condition for much longer than it should. No, for now, i can run until I am weary then rest, and begin again.
That's not to say there won't be demands placed on my mind and body. But nowhere near the former 60+ hours a week of schooling and working that tended to be necessary.
Sometime, hopefully soon, I'll be back in school, but I'm glad to have at least one fall semester off
