It is finally here, the weekend to surpass all weekends in craziness, Uni-ness, and lack of sleep: the senior trip to the Wisconsin Dells.

I would most definitely have to be lying if I said I weren’t excited and biting my nails in eager anticipation of a carefree, water- and ski-filled weekend. Yet, I am not as excited as I could be.

I am almost dreading spending three days doing nothing but indulging my every impulsive, irrelevant whim. Why? Because of the million relevant, pertinent things that I should be doing instead, such as starting some of the many problems I have to turn in by Tuesday for calculus, or investing some quality time in the painting I promised to have finished by the end of the month.

I’ll admit, I sound somewhat ridiculous lamenting the three days I will be spending in endless amounts of fun with my classmates because of the time it will take up that I could potentially use being productive.

I know that the theme of every Uni kid’s whining runs something along the lines of “I’m overworked and swimming in years of math homework,” but perhaps there is some substance to that endless complaint.

I appreciate the Uni High curriculum for helping my realize academic potentials and capacities that I may not have discovered in an alternate scholastic setting, as well as for keeping me too busy soaking up volumes of information to ever be truly bored.

However, the constant workload that I have received has conditioned me most strangely. I either have an excessive preoccupation with schoolwork, or, when I feel I can’t take the work anymore, I have a rebellious diffidence toward school.

Neither of these two mindsets is particularly favorable, and both contribute to erratic behavior. If I can’t guiltlessly set aside my calculus homework or English paper for one weekend to enjoy my senior trip, then there must be something wrong.

Perhaps this is just the senioritis speaking, or perhaps I’m just being another whiny student. Whatever the reason, I have decided to set aside my qualms and try to enjoy a week in the Wisconsin Dells with my delightful class. See you all next week.