Food For Thought

On Wednesday morning, with my eyes still half closed, I fumbled for my cell phone to turn off the obnoxious alarm signaling it was 6:30 and time for my run. My roommate and I dressed and made our way out of the building. As we were opening the door of Cheshire we suddenly found ourselves trapped with the door not fully opening due to a foot of snow before us. We looked at each other and decided to keep going to the Bubble knowing very well it was a snow day. Trudging through the snow an hour later for our feeding time, we came upon a delightful sight. There, sitting on the bench in front of Marcucella, was a snowman taking in the winter wonderland before his rock eyes. It dawned on me then how much I loved snow days.

              Sure, sleeping in is great and not having classes is even better, but snow days transform the entire campus. Everyone is in a good mood, albeit while walking through a foot of snow at 6:30 in the morning was not exactly a field trip, I was still excited for the day. There is no telling what a snow day will bring. For the people who made the snowman, their snow day must have started the night before or in the wee hours of the morning.

              While we all like to think of ourselves as adults, the minute we find out there is a snowstorm coming, we are as giddy as little kids and quickly put a silver spoon under our pillows and our pajamas on inside out. Snow days are one of the few times it is acceptable to act immature and have a snow ball fight or play Apples to Apples all day. Even as I am writing this, there are a group of students making one great snow fort. When we are thirty years old, doing things like this will warrant strange looks from neighbors and whispered words sounding faintly like “nut case.”

              We may complain when temperatures are in the teens (with wind chill feeling like -20), but NH sure can deliver snow and never fails to bring at least one snow day. Enjoy the snow days while they are here and while we can still enjoy them properly - by throwing a snowball at your roommate.