While most college students take part in trips to fantasy locations and stereotypical beach clad paradises I spent all week at SNHU, as I have for the last two years. Why you ask, well I tell everyone it is because I have a ton of work to do, or that I was offered extra hours at work, but in reality it is because I legitimately cannot afford not to stay here and work. I, like a vast majority of students have a job. However, I have three jobs and no one of those jobs pays more than 8.25 an hour, which means that while I work around 20 hours a week for them and seem to spend more that enough time at work, I never make more that $100 a week. That money is then divided up between gas, food, and other living expenses. That leaves me with 25 bucks in my savings account, which builds up until the beginning of each semester at which point my books quickly take care of that! That is why I stay on campus during breaks and Holidays.

That is not to say that I don’t enjoy myself and have a “fun” spring break, because even though I do not leave NH or get wasted and make stupid choices with random people in an exotic place, it is still a break. I get a chance to be away from teachers, residents, and club members for a week and allow my self to NOT think about how Radio SNHU is about to go over budget. It is a time when I can relax and re-arrange the apartment without people stopping and asking why.