After my rant yesterday about how I really don't like rain in November and how it was definitely time for snow, it finally did snow. Just a few inches on the ground--the streets were clear and by the time I went to class, the sidewalks were, too. But it really put me in a holiday mood and now I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas even more.
The first snow always feel so refreshing. Like, even though it's below freezing outside, you want to be out there just to feel the chill. It made me feel so alive. I had a lot of walking around to do today, from coming & going between classes to visiting my advisor so I could get all squared away for registering for spring classes. Once I got that out of the way (not to mention my math exam), I felt like this huge weight was lifted off of me. The cold air and snowy ground also helped me feel much, much better.
Of course, I know that come January or February, when it snows at least once a week, I'll be sick of it but I'm going to enjoy the remaining snowfalls of 2010!
According to my Facebook news feed last night, it seemed like it snowed everywhere. Everyone's status was about how much they love snow, how it was so great that it finally snowed, blah, blah, blah.
Why was I mad? Do I hate snow? No, actually, I've been looking forward to snow since October, the first month when in usually snows in Colorado. No, I was mad because in Fort Collins (where my college is), it decided to rain. HARD! And of course, I wasn't expecting this so when I get out of my wildlife ecology class and see that it's pouring, I get a little upset. Because I have to walk halfway across campus to take a math quiz and then walk all the way back to my dorm. Did I mention I was wearing just a button-down shirt with a bandeau top underneath, jeans and leather platform shoes?
So basically, I got soaked. All in the name of math.
Later that afternoon, when I had to go to my math class, I was smart enough to actually put on a jacket. Suprisingly, it stopped raining but it was still freezing. (Here's my question, though: since it was below 40 degrees all day, how could it have possibly been raining, instead of snowing? Just asking.) By the time my math class got done at a quarter to 5, it was nearly dark and colder than ever. This is why I hate daylight savings time.
When I logged onto my Facebook page back at my cozy dorm, I was shocked at how many people's statuses involved snow. Most of my FB friends live somewhere in Colorado, and from Denver to the Springs to Boulder there was snow. But not in good old FoCo. In fact, most of my FB friends who also attend CSU has posts complaining about the lack of snow. So I wasn't alone.
Basically, I want it to snow. Really, really bad. I'm hoping that when I go back home to the Springs for Thanksgiving break that it actually snows. Which it probably will, since my house is in an area of Colorado Springs where it snows pretty much twice as much as anywhere else. I think I've got a pretty good chance of a white Thanksgiving.
