After thirty hours of non-stop flailing, life outside of those four canvas walls may seen like something from a different world. Here are some things to remember not to do once you leave the tent and reacclimate to everyday life.
1) Leave the fanny packs behind and don't look back. Everybody knows there are only two times a year that fanny packs are acceptable. First, when your grandma misguidedly gifts you one for Hannukah and second, at DM.
2) Refrain from putting your feet up in the air on random surfaces. I don't know about you DM dancers, but it's typically not common practice to put your feet up in the air unless you're getting something out of it.
3) No more accepting foot massages from strangers. Where have your feet been? Where have their hands been? It's just not worth the risk.
4) No dancing. Period. We go to Northwestern. This doesn't need an explanation.
5) Leave the lax pinnies in the back of your closet until next year. We all know how much you love to relive your high school laxin' glory days, and DM gives you the perfect opportunity to do so without judgment from your peers. But do you even lax anymore, bro?
6) Same goes for the shiny spandex. We wish it were acceptable the other 364 days out of the year. But it's not. Bye.
7) You no longer have to change your outfit every three hours. Unless it's a Friday night and you have three parties to somehow stumble to before SafeRide stops accepting ride requests. Then it's kind of a necessity.
8) Showering with real, clean water, as opposed to the body mist of the evaporated sweat of your peers. If you do the latter on the reg, you have deeper issues than just having been awake for 30+ hours.
9) Quit the cryin'. Just kidding, #tbt to midterms week. Or next week. Or every week.