First snowy day!

The Huntsman Center in all its snow-covered glory!

This is kind of a big deal for me. Having lived in Florida, Hawaii, and Nevada, I've only seen snow when I visited Mt. Charleston (when the snow is hard and packed), when I went to Park City for winter break (but it wasn't the first snow), and the one freak time in Nevada that resulted in a snow day but it didn't snow since. The other few times it snowed in Nevada, I was in California. So those days don't count for me.

When I woke up this morning, I looked out my window. It's a habit. Usually gives me an idea of how to dress up. And I saw snow. Actual, honest snow with snowflakes (hail, some people called it, because it wasn't flaky, but it turned into snow later) outside my window. I took my camera with me while I walked around. It's not every day you get to see beautiful snow like this, and I think there's something to be said about the first snow of the year.

I'm the only 'foreigner' in my room, meaning I'm the only one who lived somewhere else prior to coming to college. One of my roommates looked disappointed because she couldn't wear what she wanted to that day. Another said, "Oh, it's going to be one of those years."

...'Those years'???? 

The TRAX station

I had a moment to myself to evaluate some of my thinking, while I was doing an assignment for my IT class. I realized how important it is to carry around a camera with you in your daily life, because you never know when you'll see something beautiful. Sure, if you don't have a camera, you'll take a picture with your mind. But do you know how faulty the mind can be? It'll start putting in details that weren't originally there or you'll forget things. In pictures, everything is exactly as it was when the picture was taken. Nothing's changed. I should start carrying my camera around more often. I don't give a crap what the other students think. I like taking pictures. So I'll keep taking pictures while I still can, because those are important to me.

I will leave off with some more pictures! Enjoy. 

It's definitely becoming winter

The view from my dorm room

Yesterday, it was all rainy and cold. Luckily, I have all these winter coats, so I'm prepared! This is proving to be a very interesting experience for me. Being in a place where it's already cold and snowing... So far? It's fantastic. That's my judgment!

I also made myself dinner tonight. Could've eaten leftover pasta (which I really need to do), but I was in the mood for something more familiar. Like omelet rice! For those who don't know, it's ketchup rice with an egg wrapped around it. It's not that difficult to make- the most difficult part is getting the egg to wrap neatly. I still can't do it properly. I'll post up my recipe for omelet rice when I actually take pictures of the process and bother to get accurate measurements. So far, I've been guesstimating on almost everything I make, and it turns out pretty good! There are usually lots of leftovers, but that's a good thing for me. I don't have to cook so often. 

Yummy! This is going to become my signature dish. I make it that often.