But Mousie, thou art no thy lane
In proving foresight may be vain
The best-laid schemes o' mice an’ men
Gang aft agley
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain
For promis'd joy!

-To a Mouse by Robert Burns

after i have lobbied, consistently i may add, for a toga graduation;
after i have planned an entire summer of studying for the bar, attending all the ateneo review courses and all that;
after i have planned saying goodbye to law school and the dorm and my beloved wilma;

i realized...

things often don't go the way we planned them to be.