SNOW DAY!

Two words that create such a distraction from class, work, and even sleep: snow day. Kids pray for them, parents despise them, and teachers hope for them. Yesterday we were sitting in our tutorial class on campus. One second the clouds were gray, but the ground was empty. The next thing we knew, there was a whiteout. You couldn't even see the ground. And it snowed like that non-stop from about 1:00 - 9:30 PM. It was crazy! After the snow started we lost all sense of concentration. We barely just finished class when we heard the rest of the day's classes had been canceled. I even got out of my research class (which is the most boring class of the week).

I decided not to drive my little dodge stratus through the storm but I got a ride from Whitney since she has an SUV. The rest of the day was spent mindlessly on tv (mostly tennis). I did manage to organize myself and get a few assignments done.

Then today my field work site was closed so I had the whole day off! Laura gave me a ride to campus where I was expecting to dig my car out from a pile of snow, but it really wasn't that bad. I cleared my car off and since I had left it on campus, the snowplows had already cleared all of the surrounding snow away. I went and grabbed groceries, headed to the gym, cleaned my apartment and did even more work.

All in all it was a productive day. I love snow days where you can actually get around and do things. And it couldn't have come at a better time. It was amazing.