Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Reading Week

It's quiet around here, and by here, I mean the Library. It's reading week, and most of the students have scurried away. I suspect that some are actually reading or studying, but I know that others are skiing and drinking and cruising the beaches in Florida. I regret that I never once went to Florida for a week of excess.

Of course, I was never entirely sure how these students could afford that, since I was barely scraping by during my undergrad. After eight years and three degrees, I had an $18,000 debt. I know, many people had much larger debts thanks to OSAP, so I consider myself to be lucky.

But, it is quiet and the reference desk is quiet and I am getting stuff done. You'd think with all of this quiet, I'd be able to write an interesting or funny post. The fact is that Linwood Barclay stole my idea, and now I have writer's block or blogger's block. In a recent column in the Star, he wrote about the Telus porn plan. I'll never forgive him. We even had the same jokes. You can read it here.

Update: I just got a haircut. Thought you'd like to know.

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6 comments:

running42k said...

We never had a week off in university. Where we went you only had the Monday and Tuesday off.

zydeco fish said...

Really? I was so sure. That could be the reason. Of course, the other two universities I attended had reading weeks. Well, I think so.

tshsmom said...

I got my hair cut today too. Will the fun never cease?

Unknown said...

Best reading week ever: I put together a proposal to the Earth Sciences department for a trip to study limestone and fossils in Florida. They bought it and lent us a Department Van. 7 us us shared the cost of gas and we camped going through the Everglades and down to Key West. We even offset some of the costs by giving another couple of guys a ride as far as Daytona so they only paid the Hotel portion of oen of those Reading week packages. Good times.

zydeco fish said...

That is an interesting way to get to Florida. I should try that.

tweetey30 said...

If your a libraian it sounds like you would love it being quiet in the library for aweek. LOL.. Even though kids are suppose to be quiet in the first place. Thanks for stopping by earlier. I hope work gets better for you. I enjoy my work here at home with my kids and housework while hubby is out working outside the home until my youngest goes to school in a few years. Well I suppose the house calls for me to do something here. Not sure what but something. LOL.. Later Tweets.

PS. You are welcome to stop by anytime if you see something interesting to comment on. Tweets.