Three Weeks Left

It is the habit of people to chant the amount of time left to the next break. It shows up a lot everywhere, especially on Facebook. Well, I guess it fits to speak of it now, writing from the hind end of the big Thanksgiving weekend.

But maybe the big idea everyone is forgetting is that one will not live forever. It may be before long that one sees the heavens that determine our afterlife. My friend has an album (long term memory speaking) called "hay que disfrutar la vida" (Spanish for "You have to enjoy life") and that title has been hitting me throughout the course of my High school years. Yes, it is torture sometimes to have to do college level work, but these years are supposed to be the most entertaining. Hell, I am among a family, a large one at that. And yet, I only have two years one and a half years left to enjoy it! Counting down is like anticipating your death, except you're doing it in intervals.

One needs to realize they will only be where they are for so long. Change is the constant and any point in time needs to be lived to its fullest. Practically speaking, I am amazed to this minute how fast my Junior year has been flying, and that could be since I'm enjoying it so much.

This point, the 28th of November, may be a relatively low point to date as well in this season, but it is there for a purpose. Christmas break is three weeks away and to get up the tower of this season one has to start at the bottom, and it seems like today is the bottom. Everyone probably has the spoiled attitude since Thanksgiving break, 4+ days for many, has just been spent. Not every day can be the most amusing, and I say so about today, but I guess my virtue is to make the best out of it. In 19 days I will be celebrating the beginning of Winter Break, and also the Tampa Train show; though I will not be sitting and desperately marking out the days. But then again, they fly anyway, so that day is not so far off!

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