Grad school is like a pirate ship

My best friend is having a bridal shower this weekend. Back in January, when the bridal party (myself included) were trying to start getting things together, she emailed us and asked what weekend would be most convenient. I was just starting another semester and waited to get my class syllabi before responding. Looking at the schedule, I saw that this coming week was spring break, and I figured, "Great! I'll have no classes, so I should have plenty of time to fly in for the bridal shower and still do all my homework."

Come to find out, I now have two midterms next week. Despite the fact that the university is technically on "break". So what I've realized is that in grad school, a syllabus is more like guidelines than actual rules.