senior ditch day

I do not condone missing school or being dishonest.  Everyone who shows up to class today will receive a free gift and a puppy*.

That being said, I understand that some seniors have extracurricular plans for today, and I offer the following ideas in no particular order.  Full disclosure: #3 is my personal favorite.

1. Go to the beach. (You must live near a beach and/or have transportation to aforementioned beach.  Combine this one with #3 and pick up some trash or save a starfish while you're there.)
2. Have a pool party. (You must have a pool, or a friend with a pool, or a strong enough immune system to withstand whatever's floating in the pool at the Y or the public park.  Pro tip: avoid the school pool.)
3. Volunteer.  (Our community needs you.  Read to children or seniors.  Pick up some trash.  Help the homeless.  Do some good in the world.)  
4. Organize a sport.  (It's not like you need less exercise.)
5. Organize a potluck. (After you play you'll be hungry.)
6. Dig a ditch.  (For the literalists who prefer denotation to connotation.)

Whatever you do today, please be safe and mindful.  Come Monday, it will be a true luxury to wake up with the sort of happy memories that don't involve fear, debt, or legal/health problems.