A Month Away From School?
It is the 11th of December as I’m writing this and at about 9:06 am this morning, I finished my last final. Finals can be a very stressful time in the semester, especially in the fall semester because everyone is sick, it’s cold, and all your friends are heading home 1 by 1. If my memory serves me right, January 13th will be our first day back to campus which means I, along with many others, get 4 full weeks of break. This large break is very tempting to use as a time to do very little and just spend time at home. While I do think it’s a great idea to spend time at home with your family, it is important to stay busy.
There is a lot of opportunity to accomplish things over break. We farrow show pigs on our farm and winter break is prime time to be around to help and learn the process of raising healthy litters of pigs. Dad and I hunt coyotes with thermals and recently we’ve encouraged my brother to join us, so hopefully we can beat last years number of 65 coyotes before season is over. Winter break is very helpful at bettering our odds of accomplishing that goal. I enjoy building things so I usually give myself a project to make over break. I think this year I’d like to build a cart of some sort to make vaccinating piglets easier. Instead of grabbing pigs one by one, I’m thinking a whole litter could go in the cart and then after they get their shot, they can just be placed back in the pen. These are just a few things I will be doing that aren’t school related.
There are 2 big things that are important for Purdue students to do over winter break. The first one is filling out scholarship applications. Sure, you won’t win them all, but you won’t win anything if you don’t apply. The second thing I’ll be doing over winter break, is probably just as important as the scholarships. It’s watching the 8-2 Boilers play basketball of course! If you’re interested, which I’m sure you are, I’ll list below the games over winter break. The times will be in Eastern Standard.
- December 14th vs Texas A&M 12:00 PM
- December 21st @ Auburn 4:30 PM
- December 29th vs Toledo 6:00 PM
- January 2nd @ Minnesota 9:00 PM
- January 5th vs Northwestern 2:00 PM
- January 9th @ Rutgers 6:00 PM
- January 12th vs Nebraska 12:00 PM
I hope you all have a great winter break. Enjoy the holidays and time with your families. Be sure to watch some basketball.