Greetings celestial beings of the cosmic realm. I hope you are all enjoying your day and are feeling a sense of groundedness in yourselves. If words of affirmation are your dominant love language, then just know that I love and appreciate you all and I truly believe that you will make as much of a difference in the world as any volcano may.
As I always say, speaking of volcanoes, are you all enjoying your week of not having spring break? With the end of the week drawing near, in a perfect world spring break would also be coming to a close. However, due to there being a pandemic, our lovely institution of education has done the United States a favor and cancelled spring break for all students.
Thankfully, the University of Rhode Island did inform the student body of spring break’s cancellation early in the fall semester, most likely prior to any solid plans being made. So my dear friends, I am sorry to say that having one of those fictional Hollywood spring breaks was not in the stars for us.
While I am sure many of us are burnt out and wishing for a week of no classes, I say we as individuals must make our own spring break, tailored specifically to us. My ideas may be unconventional, however, I think if you take your own twist on them, or follow them verbatim, your “spring break” will be one that may not remembered at all – the goal of everyone I am assuming who has a spring-breakers-esque trip to Miami or Cancun.
As you all know by now, I am a huge spokeswoman of treating oneself to a good ole sleep deliriousness state of mind. If you have insomnia this will come so naturally to you that I actually suggest the opposite. However, if sleep is something that you regularly consume a solid eight hours of each night, try shaking things up. A few nights ago, I went to sleep at 3:30 a.m. and woke up at 7:30 a.m. I felt positively horrible, but the rush of feeling extremely hyper followed by a crash in energy was amusing, so I would highly suggest it.
On a healthier note, maybe you can pretend that you’re a Kardashian and you’re taking your imaginary spring break trip in Bali. “At this point, Bali is like a necessity,” you’ll say in the most monotone-out-of-touch-with-reality voice you can imagine. Next, crank your heat up to 85 degrees fahrenheit or sit directly in front of a humidifier and space heater. Lay out your cushion of choice and meditate. Maybe you’ll discover what happened in your past life or maybe you will find who your twin flame is. The possibilities are endless.
Last but not least, basking in the 40-degree Rhode Island sunshine on the Quad is always a solid idea. It may not be a beach in Florida, but soaking up any amount of vitamin D after a season of S.A.D. can’t hurt. If you don’t want the fresh air, I have heard that sitting in the new engineering building’s cafe directly in the sunlight gives you the feeling of being an ant under a microscope in the summer. If something can beat that, I’ll be shocked.
While I was being dead serious about all of the above, on an even more serious note, if you did travel somewhere for the weekend or week, I hope you all stayed safe and practiced health and wellness methods in the communities you entered into. On that note, ta-ta for now!