I Love Spring Break! but I do digress…

Yes, today is the first day of spring break for those of us lucky enough to work or go to school in SD4, otherwise known as Phoenix-Talent. And it helps to have chosen a profession that honors the fact that sometimes, we need a break. We especially need that break when we spend the bulk of our days answering a million little questions, breaking up spats, holding our water until the next bell, which could be over an hour a way…but I do digress, as this is about spring break. And for me, and my colleagues and students, spring break begins two days earlier than everybody else’s, and those two days I think of as “my days”…
So I’m sitting here in one of my favorite hangouts, Bad Ass Coffee, drinking coffee, surfing the net, watching people go by…and avoiding the noise of the scary men on my roof. No, wait, the men aren’t scary…but the noise certainly is, as they stomp and pound and drag in the course of my reroof. Anyway, Bad Ass has been one of my favorite places since they opened their doors here a few years back. Good coffee, nice people, indoor and outdoor seating, and the crowning gem, free wireless. What more could a girl ask for?
From my seat here at the Bad Donkey, as my friend’s mom calls it since she thinks “ass” is a bad word (look in the bible honey! it’s in there too!), I have a direct view of another of my favorite places, the Medford branch of the Jackson County library. Looking at the rather hulking but beautiful building makes me very sad. If you’re not from around here, you might be asking, why does it make you sad? Because in two weeks, not only will the Medford branch close its doors, but every branch in the library will close also, and those that are currently under construction will not even open. Unless, that is, the people in this county come to their senses and vote on a levy May 15th to fund the libraries via property taxes. Hmmm, this really doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me, as it doesn’t share the burden with all those who use the libraries most. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll vote for (almost) whatever it takes to ge the libraries back on track. But since the closure was mostly due to Congress’ failure to renew the Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Act, it seems that the federal government has some responsibility in the task of bringing the libraries back. Oops, I digressed again
On to happier topics – yes, it’s spring, I’m on vacation, I’m enjoying my first morning of freedom, listening to Flogging Molly sing “Drunken Lullabies”, nowhere in particular to go, the sun is shining, I’ll soon have a new roof on my house…as the t-shirts say, ilfe is good.