david tackled me into the snow...ashley too. isn't he the nicest guy?
david thinking that he was superman
david doing flips into the snow for no reason...this is in the courtyard of our dorm
So this week was a bit of a crazy week in Boone. This is apparently the worst winter in Boone in ten years. What a nice welcome for our first year! I really have enjoyed the abundance of snow but it would be nice to see the ground sometime soon and to be able to stop sliding on ice to get to class. Luckily, I haven't fallen all the way yet, but I have come very close. This week we got a little bit of rain in the beginning of the week which was very odd. Then Wednesday rolled around and we thought for sure that classes would be cancelled because the sidewalks were covered in ice and snow...but no. Now, the week before when we got a ton of snow and ice, we still had classes while the rest of the state enjoyed pretty much an entire week off, but we were still hiking to class (although I'm pretty sure Friday ended up being cancelled which worked out nicely because I had stayed up trying to figure out some homework that was due that day that I never could figure out Thurs night)! So Wednesday morning I had a math test and walked out on the ice covered sidewalks, sliding every few steps but managing to stay on my feet. Then I was walking beside two other people: me walking on the snow covered part of the sidewalk, and a guy walking on the ice covered part and ka-boom, down he went and smacked the ice covered concrete. As soon as that happened I moved more towards the snow to avoid walking on any ice and wham, I fall into a hole in the sidewalk that was covered by snow. Lucky for me a guy was just about to pass me and was able to grab my arm and keep me from falling all the way. Nine twenty-four someone comes in our class telling us the university had just sent an email canceling classes starting at ten or later. Then came the BLIZZARD that lasted all of Wednesday and Thursday. It brought tons of snow and no classes, which was very cool. Today (Friday) we decided last minute that we (David and I) would surprise our families by coming home for a visit (and crossing our fingers that the weather would allow us to make it back by Monday). Jony (David's brother) came and picked us up after our English class. Madre and Padre were gone when I got home but the kids were very excited that I showed up. Madre and Padre felt the same way when they got back from the store. We played HEART (BINGO) tonight and we brought the snow home with us so the kids went out and played in the snow for a bit. It's been a great week! On a random note...I went sledding for the first time ever and had a blast! Last weekend we took tote lids outside and slid down the abundance of hills around the dorms until I broke my roommate's lid going down one of the best hills...maybe we'll get some real sleds so we don't break anymore lids...
