I came to college up north because I insisted on going to a school with all four seasons. I chose Syracuse because I tend to do things in excess. Why have a few days of snow every school year when I can spend 8/9 months at Syracuse freezing and wearing the somehow-still-popular Ugg boot for the majority of the year?
Four years ago I ran outside as the first flakes fell from the sky. I spun around and around with my tongue out reveling in the snow not because it came naturally but because that’s what people always do in the movies. I stayed spinning until a bus pulled up in front of the dorm, almost ran me over, and my friend asked me to come inside and stop embarrassing myself. Even as the winter wore on I got delight out of hearing the crunching snow beneath my feet and writing my name over and over again on ever snowy surface.
But nothing good can ever last and now as the first snow falls, I’m sitting inside wrapped in fourteen layers chugging a large coffee. I made a list of everything in the kitchen and rationed it out so we can survive five months without having to go outside and to the supermarket once. I haven’t been this prepared with food since I won the Oregon Trail in fifth grade.
So I guess the magic of snow has worn off. The first sign was probably when I put a hat on and everything remarked that I looked unmistakeably like a penis. The second sign is when my boots stopped working and I had to wrap plastic bags around my feet so the 3-foot ice puddle wouldn’t give me hypothermia. The third sign was when I made a snowman last year and someone ate the skittle eyes. Ever since then I just can’t look at snow the same way.
So here goes hibernation ‘09. It should be a blast.



Nikki says:
Thu, 27th Nov 20086:54 pm
Hahaha…I feel your pain! I had the honor of growing up and spending 23 years of my life in the ‘Cuse…I moved to South Florida the minute I graduated! ;P Good luck with the hibernation…it shouldn’t last THAT long….and by THAT long I mean, don’t be surprised when it’s the weekend after mother’s day, you’re moving out of the dorm and it’s STILL snowing!
Laura says:
Fri, 28th Nov 20088:34 pm
Thats the secret to living up north… the hibernation makes it one hell of a effort to get up early and stay up late, but somehow we survive it. Though, I’m heading down south starting spring semester because last winter had so many snowdays, I will be thrilled to not have to make up classes at the end of the semester. (Yes, we seriously had enough to severely compromise the credit hours of classes and had to extend the semester… that sucked!)
sara says:
Tue, 16th Dec 200810:47 am
I grew up in Chicago and while I love being home for break I’m still SO GLAD I decided to go to school in Florida
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