SNOWPOCALYPSE!!!

...at least, that's what was predicted...

Ah yes, it's 2012, the world is going to end before 2013 and Seattle drivers are trying their best to make it happen. Right now the ground is dusted with about three to four inches of snow (weathermen were predicting 1 foot, but that was probably just to convince the University to close). It's quite beautiful, and I will probably brave the weather soon just to get out of the house at least once today. Who knows, I might find a post office. Then again, I might not.

In spite of the predicted snowpocalypse, I went to my first Karate class last night! My quadriceps suffered mightily because I am out of shape. I didn't realize how out of shape I was until the instructor had us jumping and doing lunges for approximately ten minutes. After that, we had to link arms back-to-back with a partner and lean against each other, basically doing the wall-sit with another person. Well, it took me a little while to figure out exactly how that worked. While my partner was a kind blackbelt, she had to remind me several times that we were supposed to be pushing against each other from the hips, not the shoulders. As a result of not figuring it out right away, my legs pretty much turned to jelly. It hurt.

On the bright side, I don't seem to be particularly sore today, and because UW is closed for the snow, I was able to put off my first Japanese midterm by one day! So I got an extra day to study Japanese and also my International Relations textbook and other readings. I'm a little sad that I had to miss out on one of my IR lectures though, because my professor really knows his stuff. He was even quoted in the textbook and is considered a prominent figure in this area of study. Which is really nice. He reminds me of Dr. Fisher, only less quirky. However, like Dr. Fisher, he knows his stuff so well that you could pick any international politics topic and he could tell you all about it and give you some really fascinating insights on the matter. Plus, the stuff he teaches really fascinates me, which doesn't hurt.

As the snow continues to fall (yay!) I know that some of my roommates are praying that school is cancelled tomorrow as well, and while that would be fun, I am up here to learn. Still, there's something about a snow day that brings out the inner child in a person. (Or the inner nutjob. I heard that the snowball fight on Greek Row got so intense it took 6 police cars and some arrests to break it up...) So, I'm off to dig up my new wool sweater and gloves, pull on my hat, bundle up, and tromp through the snow in my awesome leather boots. Since it's not slushy yet, I should be able to return with dry feet.

I haven't really talked much about last quarter, but that's the recent update, so I suppose it all works out in the end.

Until next time, God bless!

~'chel