Dining Center Trays Do Not Make Good Sleds

So its come down to the last week of the semester. Things have been absolutely crazy. Time, it seems, has just flown by. Maybe its that I've had so much more fun this semester as opposed to the last two, or maybe its because I've met so many new people, but it seems like we just started the semester a couple of weeks ago. But here I am, avoiding studying for finals, again.

The other day it finally decided to be winter down here. It was strange because usually by mid-November we have had at least a little snow and are suffering through freezing temperatures. But this year it had stayed in the pleasant 50's for most of November and December, but just this weekend it dropped to below freezing and we had 5-6 inches of snow dropped on us. Its like overnight it decided to be winter. So of course we went out the other day and had some fun in the snow. There's a great hill right behind our building that would have been perfect for sledding (if we had any sleds, that is). So, since we only had dining hall trays (which contrary to popular belief, make crappy sleds) my roommates decided it was just more fun to roll down the hill. I decided to abstain from this activity because I didn't want to look like a dork. But after a while my sense of social shame disappeared and I tried it. It was actually way too much fun. You have no control over where you are going or how fast you are getting there and you end up screaming for your life because it is terrifying and fun at the same time. After rolling around in the snow, making several snow angles, and watching my room mates rape each other we decided that it was too cold and took a journey to the mart to get some food before returning home and warming up. When we got back to the room we took some warm showers, ate some delicious top ramen and played some video games, what better way to spend a snowy Sunday afternoon? When I was a kid we always ate top ramen and crackers after playing in the snow, so it was especially fun and reminiscent of the good old days. Sadly though, the snow was quite dry and not very good for making snowballs or snowmen (which I really wanted to do) but it was fun to just fling the powder at people. It was the kind of snow that sticks to every surface of your body and freezes into a layer of ice coating all your clothes. Luckily I was wearing two pairs of pants and three shirts, so I didn't get too cold.

The worst part about the snow though, had to be walking up B-Street. B-street is this terribly steep road that I walk up a lot and is hard enough to not fall on when there is no snow. Luckily I've only fallen once this semester, but I almost went down about 20 times walking down B-street the other day.

Well next week should be interesting, I have three finals and one paper due and tomorrow there is supposed to be a high of 4 degrees, yes 4. Should make driving home in a week very interesting seeing how it is supposed to stay below freezing for the week and its also supposed to snow again on Thursday, great. Well, now I guess I have successfully put off doing anything productive and should go study for the two exams I have tomorrow. Or I should write my paper that is due Wednesday seeing as all day tomorrow I will be going from taking an exam to work to taking another exam, one right after another from 10 am to 9 pm, fun!