It snowed. Here. In Richmond. For more than 30 minutes. And it was epic.
TA-DA!!!
I was in Carytown when it started. I had been shopping with my friend Dana, who goes to college and Michigan where she regularly sees and does not miss class for 8 inch + snowfalls. The streets were empty since the beginning of the day had been wet, rainy and cold. I flew out of World of Mirth and proceeded to scream at the top of my lungs. Not only was it actually snowing, the snow was sticking. I went running down the street like a spazz, kicking what little accumulation had already begun to build up in every possible direction. I convinced a very bitter Dana, who already felt cheated out of spring break weather, to participate in a snowball fight…and by convinced, I mean I hit her in the face with a handful of powder so she was forced to retaliate.
Back on campus, I grabbed food at the pier and made an “appointment” to make a snowman with my friend Sarah after finishing my homework. I managed to open my Spanish book and eat my wrap before Mallory called and told me to head over to the quad. There’s a webcam set up and her parents wanted to see her/us jumping up and down in what was at that point at least four inches of snow. After bundling up and shrugging off the northerners who, like Dana, we un-phased by Richmond’s biggest snowfall in six year, I met Sarah. We frolicked joyously, throwing snows everywhere before finally focusing long enough to roll up a snow-body for our snowman. We made him life-sized, with mulch eyes, a banana nose, stick arms, and a stick mouth. We christened him Henry then continued with our evening of snow-related festivities. I got back to the dorm, tired, wet and basically ecstatic. I finished the Spanish homework that I’d never started at around 2:30 and went to sleep.
Sarah, Henry, Me!
The next morning, I woke up promptly at 7:15 to go to breakfast. I checked my e-mail and saw that CLASSES HAD BEEN CANCELLED! I shot down the hallway and told Mallory, Nellie and Meg. While Meg slept, Nellie, Mal and I went outside to enjoy the untouched snow. We took pictures and jumped around like five year olds, pointing at literally everything that we saw and saying “AH! So pretty!” After breakfast at the pier, we went sledding on the huge hill in front of the library. No one had a sled…obviously… so we were forced to improvise using trays from D-hall. We didn’t actually abscond with the trays ourselves – we found them scattered on the lawn and ran off with them. A passing student told us to try sliding down the hill by the Greek amphitheatre, so we walked over the lake to the gazebo to check it out. Mal jokingly suggested that I try sledding down the steps. I took her seriously and this is what happened: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmHFA7JO4nQ (or search youtube for “alison’s epic fail). I assure you, it’s worth watching. I can’t decide which is funnier, my actions or Mallory’s ridiculous laugh in the background.
We ended our snow-related play by building half of an igloo out by admissions, where Sarah and I had made Henry the night before. Meg made a snow chair, complete with footrest, and soon found out that snow chairs tend to melt and soak through one’s pants. The snow stopped falling just as we went inside, but I continued to enjoy it by obsessively scanning through my friends’ facebook pictures. We had class today, even though every single high school in the Richmond area still has off and will have off tomorrow. Because this kind of snow is such an oddity here, I forget its happened and am surprised every time I go outside and am met with this:
Happy March! Have a good week – Spring break is coming up, so you won’t hear from me until the 16th or so.
