Thoughts on Snow by Allan K. '17

The first substantial snowfall was yesterday, December 9. Things about snow:

1. Don’t welcome it with a fire alarm and evacuation at 9:30 AM (cough. Next House, Monday morning).
2. Your backpack: not as waterproof to it as you thought.
3. Silly: how grass looks like a bad shave when it’s half-hidden under a thin layer of it.
4. Stupid: when rain falls on it, and it becomes slush.
5. More stupid: rain’s bastard little half-brother, hail.
6. Things I’m now very glad I own: (a) hats. (b) scarf. (c). overcoat. (d). sweaters for layering. (e) boots.
7. Things I now wish I own: (a) hat that covers ears. (b). boots that reach past ankles. (c). waterproof notebooks (see 2.)
8. Delightful crunching sounds turn into less delightful squelching sounds after a while (see 4.)
9. Everything is wet.
10. It’s beautiful.

~Allan