Snow Day

Students at Southern Methodist loving playing in the snow. This statement is often said in reference to the amount of cocaine that is present on our campus but after thursday it's apparent that SMU students truly do love playing in the snow. While walking to my 12:30 class I watched the boulevard be turned into a massive field of snowmen, football and snowball fights. It's not everyday that Dallas gets enough snow to close down school and students took full advantage of it. I'm not sure what it is about snow that makes it so enjoyable but it seems to put everyone in a better mood.

Spirits were high even as random people threw snowballs at others. A group of students pelted everyone walking though the quad and carrying an umbrella. In one clip someone shouts "umbrellas are for rain." I think its incredible how the school came together to enjoy a rare event. Hopefully it will happen more frequently. There was a massive snowball fight in sorority park as well, and as cold as it was without gloves on it didn't even phase me because of how much fun I was having.

Needless to say, I was relieved when I checked my phone and saw the email announcing school being closed for the day. And yet I was equally surprised, I would never have guessed that I would have a snow day in college, much less here in Dallas. According to the DFW airport they got 12.5 inches in a 24 hour period, a new record for Dallas. I have a hard time believing we got that much snow here on campus but it's possible that people were building snowmen and throwing snowballs faster than it could accumulate. Regardless, there was plenty of snow to go around and it was a pretty wet snow making it primo-packing snow. It couldn't have come at a better time. I have been so busy with pledgeship that I haven't really had time for a nice relaxing day and that's just what Friday was. Feel free to share any of your own snow day stories.