Spring semester is finally here and with it comes beautiful weather and outdoor festivities. Whether you call it a dage or a darty (but let's be real, it’s a dage), everyone’s favorite season is finally here. You can finally escape those gross fraternity basements and enjoy nice outdoor weather. Prepare your sundresses ladies, and for the males, the typical Vineyard Vines frat boy look will suffice. Here are the stages of a dage that I’m sure most have experienced:

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1. You go and get breakfast.

It’s going to be a long day ahead of you, so you know you need food to last. Normally a pork roll, egg and cheese does the trick.

2. You pregame with your friends.

It’s normally pretty early on in the day, so you start off with the classy drinks. You’ve also most likely created a playlist for pregaming festivities to get you pumped up for the day.

3. You find out that the dage is at your favorite fraternity.

You get excited to find out the best fraternity on campus is throwing the dage, so you know it's automatically going to be a good day. It also makes you happy to know that some of the hottest guys on campus will be there.

4. You get there and see everyone you know.

No matter what size school you go to, you’re bound to see all your friends at the dage. You have to go say hi to everyone that you know and probably lose the people you came with in the process.

5. They’re playing '90s music.

Dages are notorious for playing your favorite '90s classics. You’re bound to hear Blink 182 or Yellow Card at some point.

6. There are people on the roof.

You’re wondering how everyone got up there and planning how you’re going to get up there too.

7. Someone probably broke the pong table.

Someone always ends up getting too sloppy and ruins all the fun by jumping on the pong table. But it’s okay, because this normally occurs close to the end of the dage.

8. You decide to take a power nap.

You realize if you want to go out again tonight, you’re going to need to nap to get through the night.

9. You end up sleeping through the whole night and never make it out again.

Who were you kidding? You were never going to make it to the night party. It’s okay; it’s the thought that counts.

10. You wake up in the morning and wish you could do it all over again.

You wish you could relive the day, but you unfortunately have to wait for next weekend to do it all over again.

Dages are clearly the best part of the year. They’re the number one thing you look forward to in the spring semester. Even though the stages of a dage have highs and lows, it’s totally worth it for the experience.