After weeks of thinking the coming snowstorm was the “last of it,” the Midwest has finally seen the sun, and it’s here to stay. Campus has transformed into something that you forgot it could be once winter hit. Here are 10 things that happen when you finally know that spring is here.
1. You feel like you're forgetting something every time you leave a building without a jacket.
2. You don't have to take shortcuts through buildings anymore.
After carefully planning your indoor route for seven months, you can finally open the doors to the world that is now spring!
3. You're hyper-aware of all the birds chirping outside.
It's almost as if that's what happens when it's no longer below freezing all the time.
4. Seeing a squirrel or a rabbit makes you feel like you're in a completely different world.
And the campus squirrels are back at it again, running toward anyone with even just a crumb in their hands.
5. It feels like there are 10 times more people on campus.
Everybody is trying to take in as much sunlight as possible to make up for the past seven months of winter. Now you just have to remember to look both ways for bikes before stepping foot absolutely anywhere.
6. Seeing the sun at 8:00 p.m. throws your entire schedule off.
Starting your homework once it gets dark out is no longer a viable option and seeing the sun up past 5:30 p.m. has made everything feel like it's happening in the middle of the day.
7. You didn't realize that you genuinely forgot what the grass looked like for a while.
It's kind of still dead and yellow but it's there! There's grass!
8. Suddenly everyone has way more energy than they did two weeks ago
Everyone is running and ready to go do as many things as they possibly can in one day!
9. People in your classes went from wearing winter coats to having awful sunburns in about 48 hours
It's almost like everyone went on vacation together in Florida mid-winter but really we're just all catching up with the lack of vitamin D we've been going through for months.
10. Every activity revolves around being outside and you're definitely okay with that.
The hammocks are out, the bikes are defrosted after being under layers of snow and the picnic blankets are getting muddy. But it's the perfect way to end the school year despite the impending stress of finals.
Even though spring is a time of new beginnings, it's also when classes are ending and people are moving out. This makes it extremely important to spend that time with your friends and get those memories in. The weather is perfect and that picnic blanket is waiting for you to set it up and have a nice day out!
