First real snow

I have been looking back at all my previous postings, and I am noticing that with each passing post, the distance between them gets larger and larger. I blame this on finals and papers. When I look back at my finals-time work load in San Francisco, I realise that it was nothing. Here, I have 10 page papers in every class, and five finals in three days. Each final is essay format, so essentially, my right hand is going to have to go through rehab to recover.

Anyway, to the topic! November 30th brought Montréal its first snow of the year!! Here is a photo to prove it!

I went up near Sarah's house to play on the mountain as all the snow was more or less gone from downtown after a few hours. We even made a snowman! Or I should say snowwoman, as we named her Iva.

so YAY SNOW! It made my week! I was so excited, especially because November was extremely mild by Montréal standards.

Alas, December has arrived. As much as I love it for Christmas and the holiday décor, it also coincides with final exams, the least festive things on the face of the planet. I've been doing paper, after paper, after paper. I only have one left, on domestic partnerships in the US. After that, I will only have to study for my finals! I have a final on the 14th, two on the 15th, and two on the 17th. Then........I'm flying home on Dec 19th!!!! Right before Dad's birthday!!! I changed my flights, originally departing Dec 22nd, because there was no real need to stay another three days. Although my flight gets in at midnight on Saturday, the flight time is also shorter bcause the layover is in Minnesota, instead of New York City.

I'm off to go eat at the vegan bistro at the english-speaking uni, Concordia. Perhaps you might even see another post before Christmas comes....