You squint, allowing your eyes to adjust, and gaze out onto the white blanket of snow that had fallen the night before.
Some people groan and go back to bed.
The thought of putting on three layers of clothes and trucking through the slush only to sit through an hour lecture with wet socks is not too appealing. In fact, a new snowfall can be the perfect excuse to stay in bed. But to others, waking up to that beautiful white gift is the only justifiable excuse to get out of bed. They don t notice that it s 6 a.m., or that their roommate just stumbled in, or that it s Wednesday, or even that they have three tests and two papers due this week. The only thing they think about is making sure their skis or snowboards are waxed and their cars have a full tank of gas.