Springtime

Love (and pollen) is in the air! The flowers are growing, the hemlines are shrinking, and the newest batch of admitted students is overrunning the campus. Everywhere, there are signs of spring. For me, the weather and my work ethic are closely related. I have drawn a helpful graph.

You will note that my work ethic takes something of a nosedive at about 60 degrees. There are just too many compelling reasons to go outside and bask in the glory the outdoors. It’s clear that many feel as I do, given that the percent of people outside, doing something other than walking to class goes from 3% to 94% in a matter of days.

Top Ten Ways To Tell It’s Spring On Campus:

1. You have to avoid stray Frisbees while traversing the paths.
2. Girls are sunbathing in bikinis on the lawn, even though it’s only 70 degrees out.
3. Boys are huddling in small circles in the exact center of the path, playing hackey sack with varying levels of success.
4. The radiators are turned off, and the windows are opened.
5. The boot mountains (high enough that there’s no oxygen at the top) outside doors have been traded for piles of flip-flops.
6. Mud bodysledding. Also, Slip ‘n’ Slides (real or made of garbage bags).
7. Ugly, surprise haircuts from spring break. My friends and want to start a committee that approves haircuts for boys on campus, because the state of hair after breaks is not conducive to our viewing pleasure.
8. Every third person is red-eyed and sneezing.
9. And then there was light! Daylight Savings Time returns, giving us all another hour to smile about.
10. Speakers are pressed up against window screens, blaring Bob Marley’s “Could You Be Loved” through the quads.

Yes, I could be loved, and you could be loved, too. So let’s all love, play ultimate frisbee, and put work on the backburner.