Sunday, January 9, 2011; Athens, Georgia. It snowed. A lot. There hasn't been this much snow in Georgia since before I moved here. Maybe even before I moved to Pennsylvania, or even before I moved to Maryland. Or, quite possibly, before I was born. A lot of people went outside to play in the snow, and I'm pretty sure that, collectively, UGA had people outside all night.
Monday was supposed to be the first day of classes. It wasn't. Instead, we had the day off because of the icy roads. I hung out with some friends from my Music Theory class last semester, and we built a snowman, had snowball fights, and sledded down the hill next to my dorm. Freshley was canceled, but two people from the praise band got some people together to have a worship service on Meyers quad. So some of us went to that, and it was awesome! I loved that, even though Satan tried to use God's gift of snow to get us down, God gave us a desire to worship that was too much for Satan to handle. And afterward, we watched The Wizard of Oz and part of the Auburn vs. Oregon national championship football game.
Tuesday, classes were canceled again. Things started getting boring. It was a pretty lazy day. I tried to get my textbooks from the bookstore, but it was closed.
Today was actually better though. Even though not many people are actually excited to be back in class tomorrow, the anticipation of finally getting out of snow-lockdown and being able to get around campus to do stuff was almost tangible. The excitement permeated today's activities as we celebrated our last day of freedom from class—or imprisonment because of the snow... however you want to look at it. I finally got my books for my classes, and I hung out with the same friends I was with on Monday. We tried to go to the Wesley Foundation service, but the Tate Center was locked. But it wasn't a total waste of time because we ran into two other people, Zach and Catherine, who were also trying to go to Wesley, and we had a good conversation with them on the way back to our dorms.
Tomorrow: Thursday, January 13, 2011; Athens, Georgia. Finally, the first day of classes is almost here. Classes are delayed until 11am, but at least it's an improvement. It's going to be awkward starting school on a Thursday, and it's going to be even worse trying to catch up with everything we've missed. But at least the buses will be running, the roads won't be slick, and we'll actually have something to do. I just want to thank God for the awesome three and a half snow days He has given us, and the amazing friends He has given me.
"A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." ~ Proverbs 18:24
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