The Snow is a Fallin'

Well the title pretty much says it all.... the snow really was falling Tuesday, and at a pretty good rate I might add. I decided to include a picture with my posting for the first time ever! Now I know that most of you also read my mother’s blog, so please excuse the quality, or rather the lack there of, in my photo. I was just hoping to give you guys a visual of the winter wonderland that has unfolded here in Kalamazoo. It’s actually kind of funny because just last week the temperatures must have been close to 40 or 45 degrees, especially when the sun was out. Then boom, from the time I fell asleep on Monday night until I woke up at 9 the next morning, the sky had dropped about 2 or 3 inches of snow onto the ground. Snow continued to fall fervently throughout the day Tuesday and it actually got to the point where my face was taking a decent sized beating from the intense snowfall and brisk wind. I literally had to put my head down and just stare at the sidewalk when I was walking from place to place. The day was filled with the usual winter complaints and whines by my friends, classmates, and professors.

Snow fell for nearly the entire day Tuesday and by the time Wednesday morning had rolled in we probably had about half of a foot of accumulation. I had talked to my brother the night before and apparently they were getting the same type of weather back home, thus creating what I consider to be the 8th wonder of the world, a snow day. If only I could have been as lucky. All the public districts in the greater Kalamazoo area had the day off as well, but unfortunately I had to drag myself out of bed and go to class as usual. My Spanish professor actually complained about not having the day off along with all of us students. Even though the snow had stopped, it was still quite a pain in the ass to walk outside, but this time it was because of the good ol’ sun. With no clouds in the sky and 6 inches of snow on the ground, I felt like I was walking on a giant reflector panel. I couldn’t look in any direction without having to squint my eyes and put my forearm over my face. I probably would have had to put on some suntan lotion if I planned on being outside for an extended period of time; at the least maybe some sunglasses.

Anyways, I made it through the brightness of the day and decided to go to the basketball game later that night, mainly because we were playing our biggest rival, Hope College. Nick and I had gotten a text from our buddy who’s a sophomore and lives at the bottom of Academy St. (we live at the top) asking if we would be interested at painting our chest for the game. Uhhhh…. Duh? We immediately stop what we’re doing and head down to our friends room to start the festivities. Enough guys showed up to successfully spell out “Daa Zoo!” Personally, I decided to add emphasis to the phrase and be the exclamation point. We entered the arena and became an instant hit with the crowd. We screamed, taunted, and cheered our heads off for the ensuing hour and a half, but unfortunately in the end our fighting Hornets fell short of victory. About 23 points short. Oh well, the loss didn’t stop us from all having a blast at the game. Plus, not to brag or anything, but we all made the nightly news when they showed the highlights of the game. Are we local celebrities now? No, not even in the slightest. But even if we were, I wouldn’t think of myself like that. Nope, we were just a few students fulfilling our duties as diehard fans. Go Hornets.