Snow falls and cold snaps

Whammy! Just like that, old man winter came storming into what had been a very comfortable and manageable fall season. I went to bed this past Sunday night with no snow on the ground and woke up 8 hours later to a good 4 inches of the white stuff.

The good thing is, after living in Saskatchewan for the past 10 years, I've learned to expect anything weather-wise. This week has proven that you just never know what you're going to get.

It continued to snow all day on Monday and, when it was all said and done, we were probably left with a good 8 inches on the ground.

Then yesterday we woke up to record cold temperatures of -28 degrees (without the windchill). Snow makes for interesting driving and back-breaking shovelling, but I'd much rather have the -4 temps that usually accompany snow storms than the bitter cold of -30 degree temps that we suffered through yesterday.

Unfortunately, seeing as it's only November 17, we realize here that it's going to get worse before it gets better.

Oh well, it's put me in the Christmas spirit and doesn't make me feel quite as silly about already having our Christmas tree up and decorated :). Trust me, there's good logic behind that. I'm not trying to be Sears.

This weekend my office is hosting our annual "Experience Briercrest" event where we will have a dozen or so prospective college students come to our campus for the weekend to see if life as a Briercrest College students is for them. It's a great opportunity to show off our campus, share our story, and help give some direction to some young students who are trying to figure out which direction God is leading them in.

We have a great group of student volunteers helping out this weekend who really make this event successful. The weather is supposed to warm up to +4 or so this weekend so that should be good for our guests as well.

It should be a fun and busy weekend as we also have two Warrior games to take in- including a first-place showdown against the surging Saskatoon Blades.

Speaking of the Warriors, the player from the Warriors that lives with us was just named to play for his countries team at the upcoming World Junior Hockey Tournament in Vancouver, BC. This was both a surprise to Martin- we're still trying to convince him that he's made the team and not just received an invite to try out- and a real honor to him as this is something he's worked towards for a number of years now. As big WJHC fans we'll have a tough time rooting for Canada should they have to play against Marty's Team Slovakia in this year's tourney.

Well, in the spirit of Christmas and in the word's of the great philosopher, Frosty the Snowman, I'll be back again someday.