Snow day!

It is snowing like nobody's business out there. You may already know this if you've been watching the news (or are anywhere even remotely near the Denver area). The last time it snowed this hard here, it was two years ago and I was waiting for the bus to take me to the airport so I could go home for Christmas. I didn't make it to the airport until a few days later, and I didn't make it home until Christmas morning. But maybe you've already heard that story.

Today was much less depressing than that. I did have to get up and go to the lab relatively early to take care of something, but was able to make it onto campus without *too* much trouble (luckily, I live within walking distance). Once I got there, I found that they were closing the campus (which doesn't really mean anything for grad students, except there will be slightly fewer people around), so once I finished what I needed to do, I headed home.

On my way home, I noticed a guy struggling to back his car out of a snowbank. I kicked some of the snow from behind his tires and pushed while he gunned the engine. He made it out eventually. He was driving a BMW. I guess all that money doesn't help when you're stuck in the snow.

I really enjoyed my walk home, actually. Sure, it was snowing pretty hard, and walking was kind of difficult since most of the sidewalks hadn't been plowed (nor had the roads, since for some reason the city of Boulder is always *really* surprised when it snows), but still, something about it made me feel like a kid. I had to fight the urge to build a snowman, or just throw myself onto the ground and make a snow angel. But I probably would have squashed my lunch if I had done that, which I so painstakingly made and put in my backpack this morning, when I thought there was a chance I would stay at school all day.

So, what to do with the rest of the day? I thought about going back to bed, but it's getting relatively late, so I might as well just stay up. Also, J is still asleep, and I don't want to disturb him. He'll probably have to drive to work this afternoon, which I do not envy.

I think I'm going to make some coffee and curl up with my astrobiology textbook. On a day like this, I can't think of anything better.