# Ugh I have to do back to school tomorrow **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945 "2011-01-09T02:49:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/1 "2011-01-09T02:49:57Z")
classes start on Monday and tomorrow I’m driving 3 hours back to school. Goodbye 3 week vacation of staying home doing nothing all day. Don’t fret though, I’ll still find some time to post on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/2 "2011-01-09T03:04:16Z")
Neener neener. I have til the 17th. Of course, I’m spending my break working on fixing the downstairs bathroom of my parents house. So, uh, not very much lazing around for me, either. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/3 "2011-01-09T05:08:41Z")
I go back Monday as well, but for the first time in eight years, not to take classes. Doing a semester of student mentoring, while I spend the semester applying to grad schools. At least, that’s the plan. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/4 "2011-01-09T05:56:30Z")
Hmph, I’ve been back for a week already. We don’t get a particularly long winter break, as far as college breaks go. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/5 "2011-01-09T07:16:28Z")
I asked my boss if I could have “winter break”, and he said sure. As long as I was cool with no more salary. 😃 Enjoy the breaks while you can 😛 ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/6 "2011-01-09T12:22:22Z")
I still have another week. I wish I were starting tomorrow. I’m bored out of my mind. I’ve been aimless before (spent a year unemployed and out of school) but it seems harder to deal with when you know that you have something to go back to. It’s going to be a busy semester with 19 credits and tutoring - assuming my last week of vacation doesn’t bore me into a coma. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/7 "2011-01-09T15:28:05Z")
Make sure you don’t try to jump while your car is moving. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/8 "2011-01-09T16:02:38Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > I still have another week. I wish I were starting tomorrow. I’m bored out of my mind. I’ve been aimless before (spent a year unemployed and out of school) but it seems harder to deal with when you know that you have something to go back to. > > It’s going to be a busy semester with 19 credits and tutoring - assuming my last week of vacation doesn’t bore me into a coma. I also am bored out of my mind. I’m going to start my final semester tomorrow and I just want to get on with it. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/9 "2011-01-09T16:34:28Z")
Last Wednesday for me. Of course, I’m teaching. According to my students that’s different. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/10 "2011-01-09T20:58:38Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Make sure you don’t try to jump while your car is moving. 😃 I’ve never _tried_, just felt the odd urge to (and always when someone else is driving). ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/11 "2011-01-10T05:31:09Z")
Did you bring your old TV? ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/12 "2011-01-10T05:41:11Z")
in my dorm room I have the 13" Zenith CRT from 1999 with a built-in VCR. I also brought my DVD player and N64 but alas left the laserdisc player at home ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/13 "2011-01-10T05:43:15Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > but alas left the laserdisc player at home How will you impress the chicks? ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/14 "2011-01-10T05:46:17Z")
I tell girls about my laserdisc player and that is impressive enough. If I actually brought it, it would ruin the mystique. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/15 "2011-01-10T05:52:46Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I tell girls about my laserdisc player and that is impressive enough. If I actually brought it, it would ruin the mystique. What if your mental girlfriend has a physical boyfriend with a physical laserdisc player? ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/16 "2011-01-10T06:05:07Z")
no one else has a laserdisc player ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/17 "2011-01-10T11:57:48Z")
Ha ha! All schools around here were called on account of snow. You can’t really plow dirt roads. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/18 "2011-01-10T12:10:37Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Ha ha! All schools around here were called on account of snow. You can’t really plow dirt roads. Of course you can. I’ll grant, however, that the plow drivers in Arkansas may not know how. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/19 "2011-01-10T19:54:01Z")
I have two weeks left and I’m ok with that. When the break started early last month I was afraid I’d get bored: nope. Between filling out applications for schools to transfer to, the Steam sale, Saints Row 2, and my Kindle I’ve kept myself pretty busy. Now, I have done a single thing that was productive, but oh well. My wife is jealous that she has to work while I stay home. I told her she’s free to go to Iraq for a couple of Christmases. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-have-to-do-back-to-school-tomorrow/566945/20 "2011-01-11T16:05:02Z")
Always nice to get an update from our own personal Eeyore.