Difficulty Focusing

Wow. The weather is beautiful.

Studying, however, is not.

Too bad the two do not go together right now.



As Robbie and I walked across campus to get lunch at Louis' today, we discovered that spring, for however short of a time, has graced us with her presence.

Unfortunately, the other things that have "graced" us with their presence are midterms, papers, presentations, and projects. Sadly the two do not coincide. Especially as the majority of our work means that we need to be inside, plugged in, staring at a screen.

If it was dry outside, this would not be AS big of a problem. We could head outside, find a nice shady tree to lean against, get out the Macbook and go to town. Maybe complain a little bit that it's hard to see the screen with all of the sunshine around. But when there's still snow to inhibit the outdoor use of electronics, but the temperature is ridiculously warm, I find it terribly difficult to study and focus, when all I'm thinking about is getting outside.

Robbie and I had contemplated emailing a mass email to all of our profs to alert them that because the weather was so nice, we would not be finishing all of our work on time, and hoping that they would understand. We would also recommend that they ditch their marking and planning and spend some time outside.

But we gave that idea up in lieu of going to the third floor computer lab, which, coincidentally is really awkwardly hot. The sort of hot that you wish you had flip flops, shorts, maybe a little fan and a spritzer. But, alas, it's just us, a room full of heat-generating computers and a handful of other stressed out students, wishing they could be outside too.

Perhaps this would be the time to buckle down and get some work done. I guess this break is over. I should go do my work.

Or maybe Robbie and I will go build a snowman. We'll see what happens.