Severe weather conditions

After I have taken my biggest and warmest true winter coat home-home, the weather decided to pull a prank on me: it's cold here now punk! Where's your warm coat? Ah? Murphy's Laws for the win!

Had my alarm go off at 11AM today.. naturally snoozed it until half past and then really opened my eyes and I was shocked and instantly awake: my window is opposite my bed and since curtains are for the weak I rarely use them ;) and I was greeted with snowy rooftops (awesome view from my window to a car park - just like my last flat had - hmmm... I see a pattern forming) and the Consti Hill mainly covered in snow. What? in Aber? Really??? Wow dudes, just wow! This was supposed to be a warm place! I've been deceived!

Okay, don't get too excited, to those of you who know what REAL SNOW :D is, it's nothing, you can still see the grass patches and nothings settled on the ground in town. So yeah back home, no one would've too bothered about it but oh no here a red warning due to severe weather conditions! Ok, maybe outside town there is a little bit more snow but I doubt it'll be severe. Saw a couple of car tops covered in melting snow slurry in the car park of supermarkets, but yeah a usual October or April for us snowy types :P

Oh look it's snowing outside again :) -.- Anyway, my official uni mailbox is being spammed by the uni with weather updates and how proud they are to state that all exams are still taking place as planned etc. Well congratulations, really, great effort from you guys :) I'm as proud as you, although I remember a couple of years back when we, back home that is, had like -20 degrees or even more, and I was debating wether to go to school or not, tempting to miss it (I lived half an hour of a bus ride away) but my conscious wouldn't let me, so as nothing I slumped through knee high snow to school trying to step into the footsteps of my predecessors thinking nothing of it really, just something you have to do, since it had to be at least -25 degrees or so to be an official snow day. Fun times :)

One of the first e-mails from my uni about the severe snow here :) Bless them:

It is your responsibility to allow sufficient time to reach the examination venue; however, the University does not expect any student to put themselves at risk, either at the University, or in travelling to the University. If a student is prevented from attending an examination due to severe/adverse weather conditions, they should inform their academic department as soon as possible by email or telephone call. If a student is unable to take an examination due to severe/adverse weather conditions they should complete a special circumstances form.

Although I would really really really like a definition of putting myself at risk. I understand that the roads may be a bit slippery (although the snow melts immediately when in contact with pavement, as I've seen) if you don't have special winter tyres, which no one around here does. What's the point if you only get this kind of snow for a couple of days. But most of the student's do live in town and walk to uni, sorry, can't really see the obstacle of making it to the exam on time... But thanks for caring :) (5 updates they've sent so far in one day...)

Ttyl ;)

Jazzz...