Spring break in bed

Happy spring break! If you're reading this, you probably haven't yet left for your sunny destination of Acapulco or Daytona Beach. I'm sure you're all going to have a great time partying, drinking and tanning on the beach.\nIf that is your goal, have a safe trip. \nYet, this is moot for the majority of people reading this. \nStill, I am not sure what I will be doing for spring break -- nothing is probably the main event during my festival of vacation, like a good "Seinfeld" episode.\nI couldn't be happier.\nThe working-student gods are laughing and pointing at me with glee this semester. My list of things to do is never-ending as I search for jobs, internships and time to sleep. I spent my entire Wednesday writing two papers, leaving my apartment only to turn them in. Then I helped my boyfriend revise and edit his philosophy paper via iChat. This hasn't left us with any time or energy to plan for this glorious week off from school.\nActually, we're just lazy. But I'm going to call it a love for spontaneity.\nLast year, two of my friends and I decided to go to Washington, D.C. and New York City for break. This was decided at least a month in advance, but the hotel was reserved less than a week before the trip began. We planned our highway route the night before. My friends overslept and we left late. The hotel room in New York City was the size of my walk-in closet. Still, overall, we had a great time.\nThat was my first college spring break. I guess I'm a late bloomer. I spent my previous breaks working, earning money and trying to enjoy the lack of classes to attend. As this is my last spring break -- at least for a while -- I'm determined to enjoy it.\nI'm not one for the traditional spring break vacation. Considering the American Medical Association's study released this week concerning women's spring break activities, I have made a wise choice. They found that 20 percent of college-aged women regret their spring break experiences. Although the AMA has made a grave error in failing to survey men -- half of the participants of spring break trips -- the study is still upsetting. The results (at www.ama-assn.org) state the expected -- 83 percent report an increase in drinking -- and the sad -- 57 percent report that promiscuity is a good way to fit in.\nI guess your education is irrelevant if you get to hang out with the cool kids in Cancun.\nThat's not for me. I'd rather sleep all day and enjoy things for which I don't usually have time. I'm looking forward to enjoying a good book and getting at least eight hours of sleep a night. My liver and brain will thank me when I'm 60 and travel stresses will elude me.\nYes, something stronger calls out my name: Ah, it is the sweet thought of doing nothing.