SNOW!!!

So it is snowing here at PLU and I am very excited. Because I have lived here my whole life I know that it won't stay around for long. We need the temperature to drop another 10 degrees to get some quality snow. I think that because people on this side of the state don't get much snow, at least in the Puget Sound basin, we get real excited and everything takes a back seat to the fact that it is snowing.

In class today, when it started snowing, our entire discussion about plant life on Mt. St. Helens after the eruption in 1980 pretty well stopped and we all stared out the window. I am very excited to get classes over with but I know that I have a lot of hard work to do before they are done. I have a large lab exam next Thursday and I have started studying for it fairly hard. I will need to recognize at least 50-60 organisms by their fur or their skull and tell what the comon name is and the scientific family they belong to. This won't be easy but I think I can manage ok.

On the Thursday of finals week, some friends and I are going snowboarding. I am very excited about this, but I do have a final in the morning. That will be a great end to finals week for me and the snow should be excellent up on the mountain.