<p>So, I was thinking about all of you Cali and other folk, whose kids are at NE schools. How are they enjoying the snow? </p>
<p>My NE son, (so it's not new to him) has reported sledding on the library steps and in Central Park, and his "away message" now reads "Blizzard Football!"</p>
<p>Is everyone having fun?</p>
<p>I wish we had some snow!
THe ski resorts have closed and if you can find one open it is like skiing on a slurpee.
On the positive side, we don't have to turn our furnace on in the morning, and I already am losing track of my winter gloves</p>
<p>Can't the midwest send some over here?</p>
<p>Can't imagine. My son has weather updates on his computer homepage to all the places he has applied to. We have a little wind noise outside tonight and loads of rain in this mediterranean region and snow is in the mountains but..it's near 60 f and it's dark..I had a friend send images of a huge snowfall at her house outside of Geneva this am. The pictures are beautiful. But I bet she is home by the fire and she is a Canadian.</p>
<p>My S (boarding school in NJ) has an AWAY message up on his AIM that says "Gone to the Mountain". One of the teachers is taking a few kids snowboarding. S said they had 16 inches of snow at his school. He's a Texas boy, has spent time in Colorado boarding, but living in it is a little different. Although, he doesn't have to drive in it or shovel it, so it isn't too bad.</p>
<p>On the other hand, as a northeasterner suddenly moved way south, I find myself cranky at the warm weather. It's january for goodness sake! It's not supposed to be 75! But i LOVE not wearing a coat. I think weather changes can be really fun for college students.</p>
<p>S is getting more nervous as he watches the weather reports in the NE. He doesn't own a coat. He subscribes to the daily ED school newspaper online so the temperature spread is starting him right in the face. We tell him it'll get colder gradually from September through December. He'll adjust to it slowly.</p>
<p>I have another question- how many of the parents from the Northeast with kids away in warm climates wish that their able-bodied kids were home to shovel the snow right now? :) ?</p>
<p>Hey, we have lots of snow here. Kids are not in warm climates, but they are still not HERE to shovel the snow...dang kids! ;)</p>
<p>Native Southern Californian here, and I agree with jennskate... it's too hot here... January is always a nice month where we live, but there is something organically wrong with it being shorts and tee-shirt weather now. For one thing, there is a ton of weeding to be done in the yard, but I'm still in the mood to hunker down with a good book and a quilt! One should be able to hermit oneself away in the dead of winter, not be expected to wash the car, mow the lawn and clean up the side yard! Even if I had to chop fire wood or clear the snow off the front walk, I would be happier.</p>
<p>momof2inca; love that name!! -Hermit away, that is so true. Yes, good reading, but also colds and that extra 5 lbs during the holidays!
My new Floridian son in law came up during the holidays and it snowed. He was absolutely giddy about it- (oh,.. he doesn't know a thing about driving in it!) What he liked too was the dry cold air, as Florida frequently has higher air humidity.</p>
<p>HAHA we have DD in warm climate North Carolina - from cold climate New Engand - but she keeps going back to cold stuff - NC mountains cuz she likes to snowboard - on college team also - so she is not here to shovel the 3 feet we now have uugghhhhhhh - we should have known better hahahaha</p>
<p>Luckily, the big sister is around here; she and H are fighting over who gets the one shovel we have left--they LIKE shoveling!</p>
<p>D in MN says daytime -6 highs with wind chills of -20 are no big deal. Who does she think she's kidding? Only complaining about the layer thing and shedding clothing in her classrooms, and reluctantly disclosed that she is wearing the thermal and silk underwear that we insisted on sending with her. She's disappointed with only about 8" on the ground. She's busy playing midnight (outdoor) broomball - burrrrrrr.</p>
<p>My D who grew up in SoCal and never liked the cold has adapted remarkably well. She likes snowfall although the last week has been the most challenging as the heat in her suite is not working very well. When she came home for winter break it was around 80 when she arrived and she wrinkled her nose and said "It's too hot".</p>
<p>D was born in OC and raised in San Diego - warm weather kid all her life. She is now in Boston and is LOVING the snow (but of course she doesn't have to shovel it or drive in it). We called her today and she was just on her way out the door to walk all the way to MIT in the snow. For her the snow is an adventure. W pointed out that she doesn't own any boots and her running shoes won't be up to the task. D said she had borrowed boots from a dormmate from Minnesota.</p>
<p>D is in PA. She called me at work on Weds and screamed, "It's snowing!!!!" She tells us that all the students from CA & TX are "going crazy." She has already neem the target of a snowball while studying chem in the safety of her room! :) D tells us that the snow is no problem...only the wind...makes it difficult to walk to the dining hall.</p>
<p>"Adventure" captures the spirit for my SoCal D. She made her first snowman today but the snow was too powdery to make more than a small one...Food Service loaned her a baby carrot for the nose. Attempts to make a snow angel came to naught. However, getting back from the post office with two packages was a real slog and getting to/from classes tomorrow promises more of the same. Of more import than snow is that her scheduling luck ran out and this semester she has an 8:30 class four days a week...last semester she had no days starting earlier than 10:00.</p>
<p>Maybe it's self-selecting, but I can't recall ever hearing a college kid complain about the weather. As long as they're dressed for it, the kids have fun in the snow. My son who hadn't been in snow for 13 years avidly adopted snowboarding as his sport of choice. He's planning to join 4 day winter camping trip in Vermont (on snowshoes I think). Better him than me, I keep thinking as sit in my tropical garden.</p>
<p>My roommates still go out every snowstorm to throw around snow, build snow people, and go sledding.. it's like we're kids. Snow is a great stress reliever for college kids :)</p>
<p>Well, I used to complain about the weather. Just not to my parents that I remember :). This part is actually probably fun--the adventure and the drama of a big storm and fresh snow. It is when there is nothing left but freezing cold and dirty gray/brown ice on the sidewalks that the true test of inner weather adaptability comes---a test I failed miserably! Best wishes for all in cold weather climates...not something I miss. Momof2inca, I too grew up down south near San Diego, and I got depressed on Christmas because it was usually warm enough to go swimming and that just seemed wrong, because we have been raised on Norman Rockwell-type images of snowy Christmases. I still think northern California is perfect.</p>