Along with pretty much every other city in the US, New Haven got a big dump of snow the other day, almost 19 inches. I had the most amazing snow day with work and class canceled; I just played touch football in the snow, aka “Tundraball”, on the sprawling New Haven Green for hours. (Rules: 2 hand touch OR 4 second bear hug, which very quickly devolved into tackling because the snow was such soft powder.)
Some students used their time differently - one group even made a nigh-flawless recreation of a Darlek, one of the recurring villains from my new favorite TV series Doctor Who. I had some oral surgery over break, which left me fairly catatonic for a while as I recovered, so I finally started the show that so many of my friends have been talking about… I might have watched four seasons in a week? Oops. But its cool to see how other people share my excitement and express it in snowman form.