Spring Break

   The title really says it all, or that's what you (my reader) might think. Michigan State University finally had it's Spring Break, something I desperately needed! However, unlike most other M.S.U. students, I did not party or relax over break - I helped my family work on repairs to our home and worked at the College of Music to earn a little extra money. 

   This does not mean my break was bad, I enjoyed it quite a lot. I learned many new things about home construction and about the limits of my body, physically and mentally. One particular thing I enjoyed doing over break was replacing some flooring in my house - I enjoyed crawling through the floor to the basement (I felt like I was a kid again), scaring my siblings in the process. 

   So, my break was pretty busy - not much to report. When I think about how I spent my time, I would say it used in a very constructive way. I was able to add man-power to a job that would've cost a lot of money with a hired contractor. Also, working in the front office of the music building helped me become better aquainted with the faculty in my college, something that I feel is very important. Because of that extra time spent at the university, I now know more people than I did before break - I hope these professors will become useful resources for me one day. 

   If I had to tell a story to a group of people, here is what I would share:

When my mother and I began the demolition of our upstairs bathroom, we were under the impression that all we would need to do is peel up the linoleum that covered the floor and the replace the luan underneath. We began to peel the damaged linoleum up, however once we reached the part of the floor that wasn't water damaged (which was a majority of the floor) we ran into a snag - the adhesive used to keep the linoleum down had bonded to the luan and wasn't coming up cleanly. My mom didn't want to replace all the luan, just the damaged parts, however I had to persuade her that it would be more work to peel up the rest of the linoleum than to just pry the rest of the luan up from the floor. Eventually, she gave up to do some research on how to peel up linoleum and left me to my thoughts. I decided to show her what I was talking about. So, I took my pry-bar and began to slowly pry the luan up form the floor. With each pry I could hear nails screech with horror as they were pulled from the wood beneath - that noise was music to my ears however. Eventually, I got the entire five by seven sheet of luan up (with the linoleum still attached) and threw it all outside. My mother came into the bathroom to see what all the noise was and was quite surprised and frustrated with me to see what I had done. Luckily, there was more water damage hidden under the luan - this meant that more floor needed to come up, which my mom wasn't happy about, but at least I saved us a lot of work! 

   Overall, I feel that my spring break was very productive to my social and physical well-being as well as my respresentation of M.S.U. I enjoyed my time at home and really like that I was able to continue learning instead of sleeping all day long. 

Marcus

Marcus

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