Surcease

Surcease: (trans. v) to come to an end; to desist from action; cease
(intrans. v) to put to an end; discontinue
(n) cessation, esp. a temporary respite or end

In August comes surcease of summer - and the desire to rip off Edgar Allan Poe: "...vainly I had sought to borrow / from my books surcease of sorrow..." Although in this case, school starting isn't really a "surcease" from summer, in terms of being a respite. But alliteration is fun!

Classes start the last week of the month, and I'm traveling for several weekends (see previous post "Logistics"), so it isn't very restful. I've had a great summer with my work and the fact that a lot of my friends stayed in town. I don't wanna go back to school! Waaaahhhh! I'm such an adult...

Although, to be honest, I'm actually looking forward to my fall classes. They're mostly in the morning, which I think will be better than my all-afternoon schedule last semester. And this is the point where I'm still excited about the concept of the classes I'm taking, especially since I don't have to do the work and readings yet!

I've been reading a lot this summer, actually, between research for work and a project to read 52 books in a year - which isn't going well in terms of numbers, but has been fun. And summer movies and Netflix Watch Instantly.... I have successfully borrowed from my books (and movies) surcease of sorrow, sorrow for the loss of summer...

(My most sincere and profound apologies, Edgar. Won't happen again)