Texas weather never ceases to amaze me
The day before the ice/sleet/snow storm, it was 80 degrees and I wore shorts.
OMG It's Snowing!
That was the exclamation from many rookies who did not have much experience with snow and ice. Sure, the top layer was snow...but underneath was just sheets of ice. My friend from Colorado was less than amused every time someone talked about how cool it was that Texas got snow. Snow is nice and fluffy...ice is not. We could not have snowball fights unless we were okay with getting chunks of ice thrown at us. It was pretty though, especially the first day.
It's All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Hurt
To further prove that the white particles covering the ground was most definitely ice was the number of people slipping, falling, and hurting their sides, arms, tailbones, you name it. That ice got dangerous. One of my good friends fell down the stairs in the dark and her coffee went flying...it was funny because she wasn't too injured, but she could have been hurt. Her coffee still discolored the ice the next morning.
What to do when you're iced in
After a day or so of being stuck, you go a little stir crazy. We couldn't go anywhere because the roads were too icy, and campus was shut down as well, so we had to make our own fun. One night, that meant movie night, where we crammed eight people into one room, and the next, it meant we braved the weather and drove just under a mile to get to a Christmas party. It was totally worth it because we had a blast.
The Hunger Games
Food became rather interesting as delivery trucks could not get to us and many of our workers at Market Square could not make it all the way to campus, therefore, we ended up having pasta and "chicken cooked in many different ways." This was okay for a while, but on Day 3 when the BLUU would only be open for 2 1/2 hours for dinner and the Hunger Games were being predicted on Twitter, my friends and I looked at each other and decided to use our pasta and cook in the dorm. My Colorado friend and I ended up braving the ice and making it to Target and back for spaghetti sauce and stuff for breakfast the next morning. We were not about the fight club life.
Finals Still Happened
Dang it! Too bad the weather didn't start a few days later to cause the cancellation of finals. The weather cleared and the ice melted just enough for a two hour delay Monday...and that's it. Finals still happened as planned (for the most part) even though the weather put a damper on our Dead Days the previous weekend.
We can't forget about Beyonce!
A few of my friends and I had tickets to see Beyonce in Dallas and we got super nervous about being able to go to the concert. Luckily, the roads had cleared and the trains were running, so we got to go see the queen. It was a blast!
Icepocalypse in retrospect
Sure, the ice situation in Fort Worth right before Finals Weeks was a nuisance, but it wasn't a disaster. No one starved...we just didn't get our full course, home-style meals or our wonderful pizza for a few days. Things like this remind me to count my blessings. We were warm, safe, and could have full bellies if we so chose, and we didn't have to deal with cancelled flights coming home for Christmas break. I'd say those are blessings for sure.
Yours Truly,
Steph
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