¡Terminé mi tarea española!

Finished all the Spanish homework today.  <3  It's not due for three weeks, but I just felt like finishing it.  Thus begins the end of my studies in Spanish.  *cues chipper music*

Now I must decide whether to resume Latin (or dive into some Old English? Or YouTube piano lessons?) on my own, this summer, or to give my poor brains a break from all forms of studying.  More than once I've said I could never be a "perpetual student"...but that's not strictly true.  I am a perpetual student, an incurable one; insomuch as I am constantly trying to educate myself in some way or other, be it through reading (last summer, the monstrous Moby-Dick) or in experimenting with various art forms, unconsciously staying up until the wee hours of the morning to work on my "projects".  I love studying when the subjects are ones that interest me. 

Subjects I despise (hello, calculus) are a very different matter.  Stuffing my brain-attic with all manner of information and then memorizing it merely to obtain good grades is not my idea of studying; and I develope an entirely new appreciation for the image of "the suffering student" (a la Fanshawe), whom I had heretofore scorned, in my ignorance of the "happy, happy journey" that is calculus.  ;P

The question still remains as to whether I should take a real break this summer, or...not.  Common sense recommends the former; ambition demands the latter.  The self-taught student in me has all sorts of grand schemes and dreams for the summer...but I'm not quite sure if my brain-attic's up to it.  On the other hand, summer is my only opportunity to study on my own.  And I'd feel kind of guilty/sad if I ignored that opportunity, despite good reasons or intentions.

Ah, another rambling post...  Anyway, it's just something on my mind.  ;)