I was getting worried for a min...

Changchun got me again. I started thinking it was spring. It fooled me with 3 consecutive days of 50+ degree weather. It got a little cooler 2 days ago when it went back to the 40-ish range. Still not enough to make me put my big coat or long johns back on. I was proud.

Yesterday, I walked out the door for my 3 classes on Saturday (odd Chinese tradition for making up classes for holidays) and I see a new blanket of 3 inches of snow. "Oh...this is new." I turned back around and decided it was time for the big coat "just in case."

Fast Forward to the end of the day. Long day. Rough day. I had went to a local coffee shop to continue my lesson planning marathon of today's classes. Apparently in those 5 short hours, Changchun decided to drop another few inches. I walked outside again and was like "oh... surprise!" (Glad I got my big coat.)

I went to the supermarket on campus to get something to eat about 9pm and heard shouts and yelling. I looked at the nearby track/soccer field to see this.



It made me so happy. I saw kids (college students) throwing snow balls and laughing and giggling. There was about 40 or so just standing in a pack in the middle of the field wanting to participate but too cold to move. Others ran around splashing the new snow on each other. I could relax. This is what college should be more like - granted they probably all just came from studying in their classrooms for their 6:30-8:30 evening class each night, but still. They should be enjoying life and they were taking it in. I was too cold and too tired and too hungry to join in but it did my heart good to see them enjoying the joy and excitement that is supposed to come with the newly fallen snow. It's what dancing in grace is all about.