winter storm.

Yes, I am in the midst of this snow storm on the East Coast.

The snow is silently falling as quick as pouring rain

It is beautiful and quite peaceful…

pictures to come.

kisses,

rach

numero 14, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

it snowed today in baltimore, which is so weird, because earlier this week, it was in the 50’s.

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i was totally unprepared; mentally, that is. physically, i was all over it. i should have been studying for my pharmacology final which is monday, and which is pretty intimidating. however, there is something so luringly distracting about those perfect white flakes.

i knew i had to study, but really, i just wanted to watch the snow.

unfortunately, my desk is no longer situated in front of the window…

you understand then, why i could not study at my desk. instead, i had to open the blinds and lay out in front of the window to study/snow flake watch.

all that watching while, laying and reading (with christmas music, candles, and soup on the stove) made me quite sleepy.

i then had to nap.

after I woke up, i was full of energy; not the energy that makes you want to breeze through 5 chapters of cardiac this and that, but the kind of energy that makes you want to be outside- skipping and whistling or something fabulously immature like that…

so all bundled up; gloves, hat, coat, scarf, ipod,

i left my books and studied the snow in downtown baltimore instead.

it was quite lovely, and as of december 5th 2009,  11:56 pm

i do not regret it one bit.

bah humbug?? nahhh…

though i am in danger of sounding borderline scrooge-ie, i must admit, I HATE THE SNOW. this girl is in no way shape or form, dreaming of a white Christmas.

snow= snowed in=bored=scared to drive=can’t drive to yakima=sucks!=cabin fever=too much computer=lame, lame, lame.

wow does it feel good to get that one out… don’t get me wrong, the stuff is nice to look at. its calming even… when you wake in the morning, groggy, still half asleep, disheveled hair and all, stumbling down the stairs, to watch it gently and without a sound, float to the earth, covering everything in a soft blanket of white. but it gets old. real fast. like as soon as you realize it’s not going to stop anytime soon and it’s going to make the roads undriveable, fast.

after two days of being snowed in, which included two attempts to drive out, (unsuccessful-obviusly) with much tire squeeling and sliding backwards, and one very eventful cold, and almost tearful trek through the storm to attempt to buy chains with no successs, we were rescued by my superhero roommate and her superhero fiance who bought chains for me. as soon as superhero roomate’s fiance meticulsouly (ha) put my chains on,  jenni and i tore out of portland… okay that’s a bit of an exaggeration, “tore out” looked more like slowly and carefully making our way up the two mile hill, where 7 mph and 20 minutes later we made it to the freeway where we experienced FREEDOM!! freedom from the white stuff. it was a great feeling to not see those annoying little flakes whirl around, looking so innocent. we knew better.

currently, i am sitting in a sweet coffee shop in good old Tacoma, cringing with each snow flake, and hoping and praying that they will keep melting when they hit the pavement. thank you jesus for thermometers that read 37º! take that wannabe horrible snowy snow!!

ho ho ho…

good morning snow! you are so innocent and pretty when i am in a half asleep confused state.