Spring Break, The End

[kelly_chambliss]

Here I am at home again, all travel safely concluded -- although it did look for a while as if I was going to miss my connecting flight. We had to sit on the tarmac in NYC for over an hour (various weather-related delays). My scheduled lay-over was less than an hour, so by the time we were 90 minutes late in leaving NY, I assumed the connection was history. But we were actually only 20 minutes late in arriving, which just goes to show you how much extra time is built in to the stated itineraries.

But I'm not complaining. I got my day's exercise in running through the airport (because of course the arriving flight and the departing flight were at the far ends of totally opposite concourses), I made it to the gate with about four minutes to spare, and my luggage even arrived with me at the final destination. (I'd planned to carry it aboard myself, but there was no overhead space left, so I had to check it.)

And so it's back to school tomorrow, but that's fine. Once Spring Break is over, the spine of the semester is broken. My favorite moment of the year will be upon us before we know it. (What moment is that, you ask? The moment I and my row of extremely dignified, regalia-draped faculty colleagues sedately exits the graduation ceremony -- and then rips off said regalia faster than you can say "Pomp and Circumstance." The feeling of taking off that mortarboard and gown and looking at three months of freedom is better than Christmas, better than gin, [not] better than sex.)

Also, congratulations to all the talented flist members who won OWL Awards: machshefa, annietalbot, duniazade, mountainmoira, and celta_diabolica. Excellent job!

Comments

[pale-moonlite.livejournal.com]

The moment I and my row of extremely dignified, regalia-draped faculty colleagues sedately exits the graduation ceremony -- and then rips off said regalia faster than you can say "Pomp and Circumstance."

I love the image. It's such a pity we don't have regalia at German unis (nor do we have graduation ceremonies). *g*

[cranky--crocus.livejournal.com]

How are your posts always so fantastic? It's a wonder, truly. The last paragraph had me laughing out loud.

I believe my entire family is coming to my graduation. I'm not sure what I think of this. I hate graduation ceremonies. I think the most interesting thing I've ever seen is one of the students doing a backflip after getting the all-important slip of paper.

Sigh. I highly doubt anything that interesting will occur at mine! Oh, ceremonies.

Summer, please come! I have so much Harry Potter fic to catch up on! It's time for my McGonagall fun!