Journal #22- Snow

Snow is one of the most exciting parts of winter.  I look forward to it every year, and I hope this year does not turn out like last year where there was no snow.  Last year I even went to Minnesota and there was no snow there over Christmas.  There is just something about snow that makes it so special.  It adds a unique feeling to winter especially around Christmas time.  I hope it snows this year because it could mean a day of school cancelled and sledding in my yard.  I have a huge hill in front of my house that I always go sledding on in snow.  The one bad thing about snow is that it is a pain to drive in.  Since I just got my license last year, I do not have very much experience in it, so I am not looking forward to that aspect of it.  When it snowed a lot two years ago, when I have my permit, I got some driving practice in.  That same year I went to Minnesota also.  There was over a foot of snow on the ground there.  It was one of the best Christmases that I have ever had.  My grandparents have a near vertical slope on their farm that had four feet of snow in the bottom.  Me, my cousins, and my family all played king of the hill.  It was so much fun.  We were out there for like five hours, and we were all pretty sweaty afterwards.  I really enjoyed that Christmas and was sad to see that there was no snow last year.  I am hoping that this year has at least some snow.  It is a great feeling to wake up in the morning and find out that school was canceled due to weather.  It is great at the moment, but I do not always enjoy it when I have to make up the missed days in May.  Other great times I have had in the snow was at track practice.  We run no matter how bad the weather is, so it makes for a very interesting practice.  One day it was five degrees outside and six inches of snow on the ground.  We decided to go on a woods run that day, and it turned out to be a bad idea.  The team had a great time, but we were wet and cold after the run.