I hearby declare today snow day, the funnest day in the history of Springfield
Last night and today, I am experiencing for my first time the joy of Vancouver snow. It started yesterday afternoon, with little teeny hardly counting, melting as soon as they touched the ground flakes, which is how I assumed it would stay.
Sometime around five, when we were buying movie tickets, it started up for real. I stood at the window for like, ever, waiting for Alex to finish in the bathroom at the Metrotown Silvercity, watching snow fall on the parking lot and being so happy to see real snow that I wanted to cry. A screening of Happy Feet let out and I was suddenly surrounded by kids saying “Cool, snow!” and asking their parents if they could go tobaggoning. On the Skytrain, we overheard a cellphone conversation that went something like “Do you have four-wheel drive? Can you come pick us up?”
Things got hilarious when we headed home and the first fifteen to twenty minutes of the 11:00 news was taken up by snow-related stories: did you know people get into car accidents when it snows? Or that the first snowfall of the season means that upwards of ten people will be in line at the tire place to get winter tires put on?
Today, when we woke up and it was still snowing, we headed out for a Main Street snow walk:
Snow makes everything pretty. There are a few more where that came from.
I seriously didn’t know how much I missed snow until I realized this would all be gone in a couple days.
7 Responses to “I hearby declare today snow day, the funnest day in the history of Springfield”
Rach on 26 Nov 2006 at 8:02 pm #
HA! You guys are getting insane Vancouver weather, jeez.
Just wait until work is cancelled, because transit won’t operate if there’s “too much snow”, i.e. “anything accumulated on the ground.” Then you can be all smug and eye-rolly and “Come on, you’re Canadian!” and then grab a gingerbread latte. Tee-hee.
Jaya on 27 Nov 2006 at 7:41 am #
Miss the snow? What is wrong with you??? We have been having the BEST weather here lately (10-15 degrees with no snow in sight), and I am so happy. Its the end of November and I am wearing a skirt with no nylons. This is amazing.
Jen on 27 Nov 2006 at 8:27 am #
I am with Jaya! I am thrilled to say I am also wearing a skirt with no nylons today, and you don’t even need a coat.
brenda on 27 Nov 2006 at 9:46 am #
Rach: There is like, a lot of snow. Like, a foot of snow. On our deck. It’s not that cold, and apparently transit’s still running, but UBC cancelled all classes today, which, whatever. I’m a grad student, I had no plans to be on campus anyway. It would be nice if WE COULD DRINK THE TAPWATER yet though.
Jaya, Jen: If it were pleasant, skirt-with-no-nylons weather, I would probably feel the same way, but it’s been grey and raining every single day for weeks. I’ll take snow over that any day. It’s not really that cold. (I think it’s going up to -5 today and it was warmer yesterday.)
Rach on 27 Nov 2006 at 3:41 pm #
According to CBC news, your boil-water warning has been lifted?
Hee. Alex looks so happy with his snowball.
Sara on 27 Nov 2006 at 7:46 pm #
the word metrotown makes me shiver.
brenda on 27 Nov 2006 at 8:30 pm #
R: Yep! As of 11:30 this morning. Yay.
S: Heh. Yeah.