Yesterday I experienced my very first snow on campus. The funny thing is, no one was really expecting it. It did, however, make its presence known.
We woke up Tuesday morning, tired of course after working on this FIG project we had to present later that evening, and the first thing out of Kathryn’s mouth was, “do you want to just watch it on tegrity?” That was tempting, but being the responsible student I am, I told her no. We needed to just get up and we'd (eventually) wake up.
So, off Kathryn goes to brush her teeth and she comes back saying that a girl down the hall told her it was snowing hard. I look out the window, and sure enough there is a furry of snow.
We dressed super warm and went off to Ag Econ clear on the far end of campus in Waters Auditorium careful not to slip, because it was indeed slick.
After a 15 minute walk (that usually takes 10) we arrived to a half-empty (or half-full, depending on how you like to look at your glass) class and sat down. And waited. And waited some more. At 8:10, a bunch of guys, plus our next door neighbor in her spiffy cow-hat, walked out. At 8:15 even more left. By 8:20, Kathryn, Julia, another girl and I decided Dauve probably wasn’t coming and left to have a good breakfast.
Mizzou dining halls have very good hot chocolate, by the way.
We heard reports from people who had trouble on the roads, buses were in ditches, cars couldn’t get up hills… It was a mess and I’m glad I didn’t have to go out in it.
It was a blessing in disguise because we were able to use the couple extra hours to work on our FIG Food Culture projects we had been working on. And I think the snow put me in a much more Christmas-y mood.
My favorite part of this whole ordeal, though, is that just a few weeks ago I was wearing a light jacket or no jacket at all. If you don't like Missouri weather today, just stick around for a while!
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