It's always coldest before the warm.
Just as there are laws of Conservation of Matter and Energy, so there are in fact Laws of Conservation of Pain and Joy. Neither can ever be created or destroyed. But one can be converted into the other.
Shared joy is increased, shared pain is lessened.
God is an iron... and that's a hot one.
And I'm a pair of pants with a hole scorched through the ass?
And there's this place called college! I mean, they want you to care, dig it, care about this education trip, and they don't care enough themselves to make it as attractive as the crap game across the street!