In about six hours, Spring Break will start.

In about six hours, Spring Break will start.

I'll spend two days at a science fiction convention.
Then, I will be editing submissions to a book project, editing submissions to a special issue, preparing a report on a university-wide grant program, evaluating applications on a college-wide grant program, grade student projects, advise students on graduate school applications, prepare data for the campus-wide SWOT analysis, revise an article about writing programs in a time of austerity, work on an article using data collected by my colleague about the most commonly used textbooks in university writing classes, and plan an alumni reading on campus for March 31.

It's not a break.  It's just time I get to work while students are away, a significant portion of which I can do away from campus.  That's a blessing, but it's not a break.