"Snow had fallen snow on snow..."

"Snow on, snow on, snow...
In the bleak midwinter,
long, long ago."

Well, I guess for a more accurate description, it's not quite the midwinter yet, and therefore could not be so long, long ago. However, the rest of that sentence works.

That's right! SNOW!!! Snow on snow!! It was quite exciting--snow was predicted to fall around the end of last week; I will admit I have grown increasingly doubtful of such weather forecasts, but this time it did not happen. Come Thursday, I woke up, got up to go to class, glance out my window, and behold: snow was falling! Little flakes, and just barely frosting the ground, but I hadn't seen snow for... about a year! It was nice to see, but I was still a bit skeptical on how long it should remain. I went to classes as usual (Environmental Studies and Linguistics), then met with Alan for some hangin' time. We hung at his dorm for some time, then we walk outside, and lo! snow was falling harder than ever! And wetter than ever, I might add--it was then I expressed my doubt of the snow remaining, and that I learned that Alan is apparently always optimistic when it comes to snow forecasts. I had dinner to eat and English 101 to attend, so we had to make haste. What made that part hard was our frequent stopping and admiring the sight of the falling snow. As we progressed further, the snow was falling in such a way that it blew directing at our faces and into our eyes! We described the experience as being "attacked" by the snow. Eventually we made it out alive, made it through dinner, and I went off to English, which wasn't canceled (drat). Afterwards, more Alan/Me time, then sleepy time. I was seeing frequent evidence that snow would melt, he remained as optimistic as a schoolboy!
The next morning, I awoke... and there was a whole freakin' bunch of snow around! Way to go, faith! Even better--School canceled that day! Of course, it was the one day when I had just one class... but still! How nice! The whole weekend ended up being a snowy/lazy/Boyfriendy time... good times!

So then, come monday, the snow was still here, but school was in session... went to the classes. And unfortuntately they weren't the most interesting of sessions... and Alan and I hung out. I'm not sure if I can elaborate on that more. Alls I can say is fun times, good times... and occasionially some boring times.

It's Tuesday. The snow is still here. And it's weird for me... usually if I'm going back to school after a snow day/weekend it's because the snow's all gone. It feels so unusual to still see the snow after... what, 4-5 days? It's getting nearer to a week! I mean, it's usually cause for celebration in my part of Western Washington if we could see just one--just ONE--day of snow... and have it not even be an inch. Right now we've got at least a good 2 inches on the ground daily... and although the weather has changed a bit, it doesn't seem like it's ready to leave quite yet...
What's also interesting is hearing people comment on such weather. You really can tell the difference between the "Westernites" and the "Centralnites/Easternites" of Washington solely based on the way the speak of snow. If you hear: "Oh boy! It's snowing! It's snowing! There's almost an inch on the ground now!", they you're probably hearing someone one the West coast. If, instead, you hear "Oh great. I just came back from a foot of it at home, now I gotta deal with it here too..." Then they're probably from Spokane or Pullman or the like. On Thursday, in my Sociolinguistics class, I overheard a conversation between a Spokanite and someone from upper New York about the weather, and the Spokanite remarked how funny it was to hear her roommate exclaim that she had never seen this much snow on the ground before (this was the point where there couldn't have been more than a half-inch of total snowfall), and followed it was chuckles of slight bewilderment.
Being someone who was born and lived in Southern California for 8 years, then moving to a more non-snowy part of Washington, I must say that I'm on the "snow is such a treat!" side of the spectrum. Nearing the end of the weekend, I heard my roommate, my boyfriend, and a few other people express the fact that they were either tired of/done with the snow or were just indifferent to it now. I must say that the snow is starting to become a secondary thing in my world right now, but there is a side of me, a side of me that I haven't really felt in a while about such matters, that wants it to stay...
I remember when I was younger, I would practically pray for snow to fall all winter... not only was snow itself more exciting and magical back then, but I think a big part of it was having school canceled--in those days school wasn't amoung my favorite places to be... in fact, it had to be near the very bottom of my list. Nowadays... I know the importance of going to my classes, and am a more academically responsible, as well as social, person than I was back in those days. I sort of outgrew that child-like awe of snow during my high school years, and sometimes I felt rather indifferent to snowfall. There was a point where it was harder for me to be happy... another story--So like I was saying, when I saw that snow falling all around me as Alan and I made our way to my dorm Thursday night... I suddenly felt a little happy, giggly, giddy feeling that had not come to me in a long time... what a good feeling.

Oh goodness... a moment ago I glanced out my window, and I could see little specks of snowflakes falling as I was typing... speak of the devil! Or rather, type of the devil! It's still going... nothing to significant at all, but the situtation was just a bit amusing. And I've got a feeling that this snow won't be going anywhere for a while... wow, this is truely a winter feeling! A week or more of snow?! Amazing...

So that is the life and times of the B'ham resident for now. Perhaps I shall report of something more interesting to read... I notice more and more these days that I fear boring my readers of trivial details and uninteresting summaries of my days... oh whatever. It's mine, I tell you! MINE!! It's my privilage to share it with y'all. Yeah, that's the spirit Rowan! =)

So as I watch the snow pick up, I realized that there is a possibility of having homework right now... and that school is not totally out the picture. Back to work!

"And you tell yourself
what you want to hear,
cause you have to believe
this will be my year!"
~Semisonic
This Will Be My Year