Will we ever have winter??

I had my hopes up for the last couple of days we have had pretty cold temperatures, around the teens to mid twenties, and we have even had some snow fall. In fact the ground had just become covered again... that is until today. The forecast for today claims that we are to get snow showers and a high of 35 degrees. No snow has come, and our temperature gauge says that it is 41 degrees outside. The little snow we had is melting again, and I am comfortable to go outside with only my vest to keep me warm. Soo sad.
It is especially sad for winter carnival. In case your not aware of what winter carnival is (it's pretty huge up here). It's a MTU holiday basically. The main attractions are the snow sculptures, which can be amazing. Various student organizations build these and compete with eachother for 1st place recognition. The fraternities are the ones that usually have tremendous statues. Everyone puts tons of work into these things... Normally they would be starting construction now and they have until February 9, I think, to complete it. On the week of carnival (always starts on Wed) that Wed is the all-nighter and is the final night to complete the statues. This is by far the best night to walk around and look at the statues. It is usually bitterly cold, but there are always tons of people out, radio stations, free food and drinks...etc... also can't leave out the drunk people (always an endless supply). Anyways I don't know what will happen this year if we don't get more snow!!


This picture is one that we took a few years ago on the all-nighter night. We thought it pretty much sums up the night for a lot of people!! Kinda gross... but humorous!