http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/02/europe.snow/index.html

This is so very typical.

I come to London partly to get away from the snow, and what happens? The heaviest snow they've seen in 18 years.

It started yesterday when I went out shopping for a few things for my classes tomorrow.

It had snowed earlier in the day, but it had stopped and non had stuck so I hoped I was in the clear.

I walk outside, I am maybe 3 metres from my front door, and it starts to snow lightly, by the time I am off campus it's coming down fairly hard. Not like it does in Minnesota mind you, but still annoying and windy and getting in my eyes and crap.

By the time I was at Oxford Circus, there was snow sticking to the ground.

This should have been my first hint that something very bad was up.

It kept snowing all night and now there is like 6 inches or so of snow on the ground and guess what?

I have a snow day.

I was suppose to have a lecture today (it was moved from thursday because we were going to have a gust lecturer).

No classes, all shops are closed, no cleaning ladies, none of that.

The entire bus system is shut down (yes, the entire london public bus system is completely down).

The parts of the tube that are running (which is only a few lines) are severely delayed.

This almost makes me miss Minnesota.

I mean, I hate the snow there, but at least when it snows they know what's up.

Their response is so incredibly quick, people know how to drive on the snow (usually), and entire cities don't shut down. They might be delayed by like 10 minutes, but they don't shut down.

In other news, I've started dreading my hair.

I'm sure most of you will hate it, and I admit that it looks terrible right now, but it should be looking much better when I come home in a few months.

Plus, I really like it.

And it's kind of funny right now. I look a bit like Sideshow Bob from the Simpsons.

So you know, that's something to make fun of me for I guess.

Dreaded hair is, I'm told, something that looks better with each passing day because the hair has to tighten up and form into what we've all come to know as dreadlocks.

So while I'm rocking the sideshow Bob look right now, I won't always be. Someday I'll have the beautiful dreads that I want.

And then I'll get impatient and cut them off.

Because that's how I roll.