holiday is now far behind and almost forgotten and there hasn't even been a 3-day weekend for a long, long while. In other words, we have all been slogging through the tougher, second semester for weeks and weeks without respite. To make this month even more tough to bear, April is just around the corner and with it comes Spring and the 'light at the end 
of the tunnel', the June end of classes, is now visible.Spring Break is perfectly scheduled for that very moment when students have reached their breaking points. Even the hardest working students seem to have been on mental holiday for a few days already by the time the final bell rings marking the opening of Spring Break.
Tough times for students mean tough times for teachers -- we bear all the pain and suffering that is brought into our classrooms. We need the
escape that Spring Break offers as much as our students do. These days, an escape from work is not enough. More and more, we need an escape from the city, an escape to a place that can both physically and emotionally detach us from our daily life. And so, we have the cabin.We've already lauded the joys of the family cabin on this site, so let's finish there. The cabin is our perfect escape, a place of solace and peace
where we can quickly and easily escape and recuperate.On this latest visit, we arrived with just a little of the winter snow remaining but, on the second day, a storm blew in and a solid day of snowfall left the area looking just like it had in December, in the dead of winter. We've been lucky to have beautiful snowfalls
like this one on each of our last three visits!A week passed too quickly and, before we knew it, we had to leave. Even you, Rai, got so used to life at the cabin this time around, that it was very hard for you to pack up and leave and returning to the city was as much a shock to you as it was to us. Don't worry, Rai, just two short months and we'll be back in the woods once again!
After her first day back teaching, I asked your mother how her day went. That look in her face said it all. Her body was back in the classroom, but her mind was with you. For that entire week your mom and dad enjoyed you so much they just didn't want it to end. So let's cross our fingers, Rai, and hope those "two short months" your dad speaks of don't turn out to be two loooooooong months.
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