Ahhh spring is here, finally. Birds are chirping, grass is green again, bees are buzzing and of course, love is blooming everywhere.
Spring fever. Everyone has had it and don’t try to deny it because no one is immune.
I think that as the temperature rises, so do everyone’s hormones because as soon as the warmer weather hits, all I see on and around campus is students kissing, hugging, holding hands and making out.
It really does seem like everyone has a significant other (and proud of it), evident from apparent needs to be all over one another.Veritable PDA overload. Get a room, please.
Off come the sweaters, scarves and jackets, out come the tank-tops, shorts and flip-flops. Off go the Uggs..well actually, they stay on I guess but my Ugg issues are for a whole other column.
Maybe everyone is shaking off the cold and ice of winter from their hearts as they shed their layers of clothes. And so their souls start looking for that new match- their lobster (TV show, “Friends” allusion), their one true love right across campus.
Or, maybe it has to do with the excessive drinking and partying that happens this time of year, especially down at the beach, every spring. Forgotten Path, Mock Wedding, keg races, Spam Jam and more. Good times, good times.
Multitudes of people are drunk by 1 p.m. and a lot of love is spread around before everyone goes to sleep (passes out) at 5 p.m.
But don’t worry, because everyone is up again by 10 p.m. because spring fever is your basic nighttime hookup- it just happens earlier, in daylight.
Step back from this crazy lifestyle and appreciate what is around you. The Fairfield campus is at its best in the spring with the dogwoods flowering, the green parrots flying and the lovely greenery blooming. Honestly, we do have a beautiful campus.
Walking through campus in the spring might make someone think it is actually worth paying $35,000 a year to go here, but only for a really insanely quick minute.
After that minute, you’ll fall back into the craziness that comes along with spring.You won’t be able to appreciate the heart of campus because you just won’t be seeing much of it when your class attendance drops as the temperature rises.
Seniors don’t give a damn anymore and are spending class time (and all other time) at the bar getting in as much partying as possible before G-day. Everyone else is forgoing educational time in favor of Frisbee, a nice game of catch or just relaxing and tanning in the quad.
All good choices. Welcome to spring.
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