Snow in Charlottesville!

It has FINALLY snowed in Charlottesville. There were scattered reports of flurries back in early December, but I didn't see any snowflakes and they certainly did not stick if they fell at all. But Sunday morning around 1100, the snow began to fall. Later in the day, it switched over to sleet, so the total accumulation was not very impressive. My back patio was a solid sheet of ice by the time I went to sleep on Sunday.

Nevertheless, it snowed for several glorious hours, setting a perfect pace for the day. Except for a two-hour-long walk around UVa in the snow later on, I spent the entire day with the archaeologist watching That 70s Show (2nd season), working a new puzzle, and drinking white Russians. We killed a half-fifth of Kahlua, not to mention almost a whole gallon of milk. What a way to spend a snowy afternoon.

Monday morning was beautiful with a layer of ice covering everything. Of course, it was difficult to get out of bed knowing that many of my friends and the archaeologist had a SNOW DAY. Seriously... aren't we out of school? Come on! Go to work, people! Bubba at least had a valid excuse, and he was only 4 hours late to the office. He'd been on his way back from Atlanta, and was forced to get a hotel room in Roanoke when I-81 closed.

Temperatures today remained low, barely breaking 40 degrees. The snow from the weekend was mostly gone, and a few hours of snow that we received this morning disappeared pretty quickly. Naturally, today was the day that Bubba and I chose to hike along a creek for 2 hours to do a stream survey. At least I didn't fall into the creek this time! like I had done in October. Too Cold.

Will we get any more snow this year? I hope so. Perhaps we'll have another record-breaking March blizzard this year like we had in '93. (or '95? something like that).

Tell me all that you know, I'll show you snow and rain.