It’s finally that point in April where it’s safe to declare that spring has officially arrived. After almost a week of consistently warm weather and numerous sightings of bare arms and legs, memories of the Polar Vortex are already becoming distant nightmares. However, because winter seemed especially long this year, a reminder of appropriate spring behavior is now in order.
Following are 22 things that are now appropriate to do now that it is spring.
Wear salmon shorts
Study on Bascom Hill
Sunbathe in that little triangle of grass across from the Aberdeen, in plain view of five high-rise apartments
Wear Sperrys without socks
Drink on your porch
Anxiously wait for the chairs to return to the Terrace
Have bonfires at Picnic Point
Buy fro-yo
Don athletic gear and join the hordes of students running laps outside
Wear bro-tanks
Start an ultimate Frisbee league
Sit outside on Library Mall eating … oh shit, there’s never-ending construction on Library Mall
Start planning your Mifflin/Revelry/end-of-year shit show
Play basketball at Sellery Courts and/or volleyball on the Witte Courts
Bring home groceries without freezing your hands off
Lock up your bike to anything
Take a dip in Lake Mendota
Walk wherever you want on/across Charter Street between classes
Eat meals from all the food carts
Go to theĀ Farmers’ Market at Capitol Square
Smoke weed out on the boathouse pier
Wear sandals; with socks, particularly if you live on Willy Street