My school’s summer vacation is just a few weeks away, but my blog vacation is starting now. But it’s not a real vacation. It’s a “vacation.”

Anybody who has ever been in school at almost any level knows that finals are the storm before the calm. A few weeks of intense studying, a few days of intense testing, and then nothing. Perhaps a few parties or graduation, but nothing that even approaches the intensity of days past.

I take my exams seriously. In fact, I’m willing to say that I take them too seriously, but I’m certainly not changing any time soon. This weekend was a crazy studying weekend (I think I should just have a truck full of index cards come to my house) and it will continue through the week. Next weekend is Memorial Day weekend and the nation will be having barbeques and setting off fireworks (or not, see here).  I, on the other hand, will be studying.

My crazy, irrational thinking is preventing me from doing anything other than studying.  Every time I start writing a blog post, I stop because I think it is an unconscionable waste of time to not be studying.  Therefore, I’m taking a little vacation.  Roughly two weeks.  But it’s not a real vacation because I will still be posting, but the posts will be less frequent and not of the depth that some have come to expect.  It’s not a vacation from writing, but it will probably turn out to be a vacation from writing well because the writing will have to fit into my odd breaks or when I have free time but can’t bring myself to study.

I ask you to stick with me during this time of flash cards, color coded study sheets, number two pencils, and most importantly, a lot of Diet Coke.