Musings on a Monday blizzard

That's how the Monday started- with a blizzard! The heavy winds with snow from Sunday midnight made sure that we get a day off from School. Yes, the School was closed, we were at home, nowhere to go, nothing to do, and we let our minds go wild... and we tried crazy things.

We had mango ice cream.. tried mix n match with that. Imagine adding couple of Ferrero Rocher chocolate balls, pepsi, guava nectar, orange juice and finally some California red wine! It tasted like some margarita in the end! Then we had things to eat like chapatis with mutton and dal.. we ate random stuff like cashews, popcorn... I learned more about the father of heavy metal, Ozzy Osbourne and his band, Black Sabbath. Also taught some of my friends little bit of Oriya.. ;)

It was fun watching people across the road maneuvering in the heavy snow with their 4x4 pick -up trucks and getting stuck. One guy almost got his Dodge Durango perpendicular to the 2-ft thick snow-covered road. I could see the trees covered with snow and the heavy wind was again blowing the snow off the trees and the roads were covered with heaps of snow-dunes. Watching the cars getting stuck, we had a debate on the difference between 4-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive vehicles.. [Mechanical engineers, anyone?]

This was the second snow blizzard in the past one month in Rapid City, and the 5th time the School was closed in the past 8 months. Perfect time to do some cooking at home. So we decided to cook different things, and I would now make some chilli-chicken. The day is coming to an end, but there is something to take away from this blizzard. Life's also like a snow blizzard. Sometimes in life it becomes really chilly and u are struck by a blizzard that leaves you paralyzed for some time period. Some others enjoy it, while some find it very depressing; for some, it means change from the routine, and for some, it leaves a permanent impression in their lives, and for many, it becomes long a forgotten, long-gone affair. The blizzard teaches you how to plan for the eventualities, like my room mates shopped for groceries last night before the blizzard began at 2 am.

Overall, the day was fun, staying indoors, listening to songs, and writing on my blog. I remember the blizzard in December last year which was the time when I got back on my feet, made a stringent decision.. and tried myself to get back up.. Reminds me of that Linkin Park song- "take everything from the inside and throw it all away.. 'coz i swear for the last time, i will trust myself with you..."

Man! I love Linkin Park.

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