What happens when the snow falls

You walk outside, breathe in, feel the cold on your skin, and exhale a swirl of smoke that makes you smile and want to keep on breathing.

On the other hand, you get suuuper tamad to walk 2 blocks over and 1 block down to the gym. Oh, and your hair freezes. (Note to self: do not leave building right after shower, when hair is still wet. It WILL freeze and clump together into a messy mass. Dry, dishevelled look unescapable.)

Also, you lose all desire to go out at night when it starts getting dark at 5pm. (Dinners downtown? Forget it. Frat parties across the street? Uhmm... Movie night in my room, anyone?) You leave your room only when absolutely necessary (i.e. to go to class; to go to Student Health -- and only if you're really, really sick; to buy food when you're tired of the downstairs food express; or to buy supplies when you've run out, your hallmates have run out and makeshift supplies will no longer do).

You spend inordinate amounts of time on the internet. (Facebook will ruin me, I swear.)

You write journal entries (like this) much more frequently.

And to THINK I've got a couple more months of winter to go!