Snow in Middlebury!

I have to say that I am alternately laughing that it is SNOWING IN OCTOBER AT MIDDLEBURY and sad that it never snows here. I also want to laugh at the silly Italians who wear long sleeve shirts, sweatshirts/sweaters, DOWN jackets and winter scarves when it reaches the 50s, or God forbid, the 40s (farenheit) here, and are continuously asking me if I'm cold when... I'm not. And this is coming from the girl who gets cold sitting still for too long. I don't know how people from much warmer areas of the US/world survive in Vermont during the winter, I really don't. It's gotten somewhat colder here in the last few days, after the weeks of end-of-summer weather that followed the cold burst in mid-September (which came on the heels of 100 degree weather when I got here). In general, though the temperature has been quite nice. The fog has begun to fall daily, and even when the world gets brighter, I often still have trouble finding the sun for the clouds. They say it just gets worse and that the fog lasts through November and sometimes December, sometimes becoming blindingly thick... we'll see how that goes... In January, it will *gasp!* likely have an average temperature in the mid/high 30s. That is Ferrara's idea of fall and winter. Ha.

... I am going to be so shocked come February in Vermont.

But for now, I am going to laugh at the return of snow to Middlebury and think of the Champlain Valley and the Green Mountains longingly. Maybe I'll just have to go back to the Dolomites and find snow there to play with in the mean time.

Also, the first serious (10-15 schools I think) Intercollegiate Quidditch World Cup is taking place at Middlebury this weekend! I am so proud of my college sometimes. I also am a little sad that I can't attend Hannah and Toby's awesome sounding Pledge season at Xenia, which is starting this week with Rootbeer Making with Gospel, but will just have to make sure to skype in to events again sometime. I love and miss you all and need to figure out good times to actually have those skype/msn dates with some of you asap, as it has been too long.

OK. Time for foodshopping. Yay for food.