Bob: “Looks like you’ve been missing a lot of work lately.”

Peter: “Well, I wouldn’t exactly say I’ve been missing it, Bob.”

I can’t say that I’ve really been straining myself these last few days. As a senior on my last-ever first day of school, I had no class. And I don’t have any Friday. I had class today, but ended early and left with no homework. So, I sat and read the Washington Post for a while. In my own defense, I made an earnest attempt to be enterprising this afternoon by trekking to Steiny-D for a coursepack, but it wasn’t even ready yet. Clearly, this school wants me to be the prophet of un-productivity.

Later in the afternoon, I took myself to the benches outside Van Pelt to enjoy the nice weather. As I sat aloof and somewhat giddy in the bountiful sunshine, demurely sipping my green tea latte, I was yanked from my reverie by the racket of clodhoppers pounding the cement before me. Observe the scene by VP at roughly 4:35 pm on Thursday (it’s not very convincing from my sputtering digicam, but hopefully you get the idea):

I looked up and thought “Man. Sucks to be you.”

With my own envious schedule aside–I am, mind you, still enrolled in five courses–I was floored by, almost offended by, the startling number of students stampeding into the library after only two days of classes.

It’s not unreasonable to assume that most people have assignments to complete and don’t want to squander the early-semester surge of enthusiasm. But enough work to sit in Rosengarten at 5 pm on a Thursday evening? Come now! The weather is gorgeous and the lines inside the Penn Bookstore are far too long to bother with buying books now. Enjoy the weekend. You’ll fall behind soon enough, anyway.

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