Dec 14 2007
Library in the Early Morning
Its that time of year again. Finals and we are open for 24 hours for the entire week. It’s about 2:30 in the morning as I guard my post. So far its been pretty quiet, around 30 people all working diligently. Around 1 a guy from the cafe came over and annouced there was lots of free pastries and people ran out the door to grab the goodies. They all came back with large brown bags full of bagels. Man, are they starving or what. Not one offered me anything but the boy from the cafe came back in trying to drop off more bagels. He saw my lack of anything and brought me a yummy hot chocolate. How sweet.
This is the last night of the 24 hours and usually we just get the people who have waited till the very last second and often they have a look of desperation. Not so much this year, evryone seems calm and collected. In fact very little printing is being done and even less conversation.
One guy came in about 30 minutes ago and asked where the bathroom was, since they are in the hallway and you need to pass them to get to the second floor I made the educated guess this is his first time in the library. On the last day of finals … at 2 in the morning. Ahh been there!
I don’t hear much studying going on, in fact I hear a lot of plans for the party tomorrow, the logistics of transportation and who will be bringing the booze. A cute attempt at flirtation “You know I dumped the tall boyfriend … are you going to be at the party? ” and as each person leaves, there is an almost scream as the doors open and they are hit by the intense and unpleasant cold. It is very very cold.