snow!

Totally, totally snowing today. Big, major snowfall -- first one of the season, and one of the bigger snowfalls since I moved here.

A sample of reactions from the office:

Co-worker who is from a southern state where it only snows occasionally -- "We're closing, right? They're not keeping the office open when there's all this snow outside, are they?"

Supervisor who is from the midwest (where it snows a lot) -- "This is hardly any snow at all. Where I grew up, we didn't get a snow day unless there was at least 18 inches on the ground."

California girl (me) -- "Snow day? What's a snow day?"

Seriously, it was pretty funny to compare the reactions of myself and my co-worker. This isn't the first winter in New York for either of us, but both of us still find snow enough of a novelty to have spent a good part of today staring out the window in trippy wonder at all the white stuff coming down. But for my co-worker, snow meant "Uh-oh, there's snow, hurry up and get home." For me, snow meant "Wow, look at that. Snow."

At least I finally get snowglobes now.

snow!

Totally, totally snowing today. Big, major snowfall -- first one of the season, and one of the bigger snowfalls since I moved here.

A sample of reactions from the office:

Co-worker who is from a southern state where it only snows occasionally -- "We're closing, right? They're not keeping the office open when there's all this snow outside, are they?"

Supervisor who is from the midwest (where it snows a lot) -- "This is hardly any snow at all. Where I grew up, we didn't get a snow day unless there was at least 18 inches on the ground."

California girl (me) -- "Snow day? What's a snow day?"

Seriously, it was pretty funny to compare the reactions of myself and my co-worker. This isn't the first winter in New York for either of us, but both of us still find snow enough of a novelty to have spent a good part of today staring out the window in trippy wonder at all the white stuff coming down. But for my co-worker, snow meant "Uh-oh, there's snow, hurry up and get home." For me, snow meant "Wow, look at that. Snow."

At least I finally get snowglobes now.