Thursday, March 1, 2007

The white stuff

I mean snow, not crack.

Today we have a super winter storm! For me snow is nothing but goodness because I don't have to drive in it, shovel it, or travel far for class. I suppose biking in the snow is difficult, mostly because the U likes to put recently cleared snow over the bike racks. Making parking my bike a tricky thing to do, as can be seen here:

Notice the almost complete submersion of the bike on the left.

Surprisingly the U decided to cancel classes today begining at 2:30, just in time for me to finish up all my classes. Sweet, thanks. It's good for everyone else who has class I guess, go them. When I woke up this morning a took a look out the window expecting to see some more snow falling down, however there wasn't any new snow in the courtyard. Logically I figured I needn't worry about walking to class in some mushy snow. Contrary to logic my walk to class, which usually looks like this:

Notice the large buildings of downtown.

Looked more like this:
No more downtown!

Earlier (when I didn't have my camera), the snow was coming down in really large flakes and was soo pretty. Now the wind has picked up and it's more like freezing rain that accumulates.
I'm still happy though. I'll be happier when I get a thin headband, so that I can wear my helmet and still have warm ears.

I just thought this was cute:

Clearing snow off the sidewalks.

On an unrelated and overachieving note, I went to an information session on Scholarships for Graduate Study in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Since I got so much support for my ELP presentation I've got this notion that I could possibly be a Rhodes Scholar. So I'll be working on applying for that from now until April 2. More importantly, there is a Mitchell Scholarship for any university in Ireland, which I (maybe) have a bit of a shot at. I'll be trying hard not to keep my hopes up. Though I am researching universities. I found the National University of Ireland - Galway offers a masters program in HRIR for one year (the duration of the scholarship). I'm excited because I've been thinking about doing a masters in Ireland. A scholarship would make things lots easier! They even take you around the country to see places and meet important people. I'd like to meet Bertie.

1 comment:

Pete said...

Wow I feel cold even looking at the snow! When it falls in Ireland the whole country pretty much stops. And that's just for one inch! Snow in Minnesota looks amazing.

I'm excited about your scholarship. Galway is (as you well know already) my favourite city in Ireland. People are much nicer there compared to Dublin and there's a good vibe all round. It's a big student town during the year and full of tourists in Summer. You'll love it!!