Lost causes

• You know it is too late to ace an exam if it's three days before and you haven't opened the book.
• You know it is too late to withdraw if you've already been assigned a candidate number.
• You know it is too late to get a six pack before the Christmas Party when you are standing ten days before, in your chosen dress eating ice cream out of the tub.
• You know it is too late to believe in miracles, and you haven't had a six pack since you were 16.
• You know it is too late to get a tan when the summer in Norway lasted three days.
• You know it is too late to get a tan when you worked those three days.
• You know it is too late to send parcels to Australia, when the postage takes six weeks and it's only five til Christmas.
• You know it is too late to become annoyed at friends for doing stupid things, when they've already said sorry.
• You know it is too late to arrive at the airport twenty minutes before departure. And no, Trude, that won't get you a business class seat, you won't get on the plane.
• You know it is too late to organize New Year's Eve plans on December 30th. You know you'll probably still try.
• You know it is too late to worry about things that have happened.

Nevertheless:

• You know you have time on the weekend to open the book.
• You know you passed the first exam so it can't be that bad (well it can...)
• You know no-one will notice your lack of abdominals because they will be too busy looking at your legs.
• You know fake tan works.
• You know the parcel from Australia won't get here til after Christmas either.
• You know your friends don't do stupid things. That's why they are your friends.
• You know there's always another flight.
• You know you don't care about NYE as long as it's spent with someone you care about.
• You know it's allowed to be annoyed about the past. But don't forget to look forward. After all, that's where you'll be living tomorrow.