Blizzard!

UPDATE: School SHUTS DOWN at noon!

Finally, the snow descends. It has been a particularly warm winter season, with very minimal snowfall. But knowing Colorado after four years calling myself its resident, I know a huge heap of frozen rainfall is due before we can move on to warmer weather (a.k.a spring). The forecasts have been unreliable. According to meteorologists, it was supposed to snow since Monday. Yet, the weather has been playing hide and seek. It was gloomy, then it was sunny. Then it was windy so the temperature dropped. But then it just hiked up again. *Sigh*

Until this morning.

If this was a year ago, I would have cursed the thickening layer of snow on the sidewalks around campus. But since this could be my last snow ever in a very long time, I was all smile. Even the lady at the food court was surprised at my enthusiasm when I was there to get my daily fix of caffeine before heading to class.

I don't care that my pair of knee-high suede boots are buried half a foot deep, my winter coat drenched, my glasses fogged, my classes canceled (not that I'm complaining...); I'm thankful for the final chance with some white fluffy snow powder that is non-existent by the equator!

*Yep, it's a blizzard. Deemed to be "Storm of the Year." Some schools, even as close as Boulder don't even open their doors this morning. The traffic has been crazy, and a couple of friends were almost in an accident. Somehow, I'm still excited. Some snow angels later, anyone? Or a snowball fight? Or sledding down the sorority hill?

**I finished Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri) last night and was planning to venture to Denver Book Fair for a copy of Anton Chekhov's Short Stories Collection but looks like that has to wait a few more days.