First Snowfall

In North Carolina (where I am from and go to college) anytime it snows is very exciting, even if it is no more than a dusting that has melted by midday. It always annoyed me when some of the Northerners at my college were so determined to break our good moods due to the snow by saying that that was no reason to be so excited. Well, it might not be a big deal to someone who gets feet of snow each winter, but to the rest of us Southerners it was something to be super excited about.

That little rant was all the precursor to me saying that to day in Oxford it SNOWED! Of course it was only a dusting that did not even cover the grass, but waking up to it still made me giddy. At least there is a bit of a reward for most of our flat being freezing cold right now.

I think all of the students studying here from my American university were all hoping that we would be able to experience snow in England. It seemed a bit unlikely since in the United Kingdom gets more snow in January and February than in December.