Study Break

Finals are in full swing, which also means that people are getting creative with their procrastination. Some people clean, some people sporcle, but I go for runs in a snow storm and then write about it. Frankly, it's a win-win situation. I get to take a break from memorizing the conflicts between the Church and State in Europe and Latin America, and you get to do a little procrastination of your own by reading it. You're welcome.

You know that you've lived in South Bend for four years when you look at the weather and it's 31 degrees, but with windchill it feels like 18, and you think you should go for a run. You know that hell has frozen over (pun intended) when your roommate from California says, "That's pretty reasonable." Ignoring my better judgment, I bundled up and set out on a four mile trek through the Notre Dame tundra. This time I brought my camera and took pictures. I'm pretty happy with how these turned out, provided that the last few were taken after the outside corners of my eyelashes had frozen together and snow and ice had built up on my eyebrows like Jack Frost. 

I didn't even wear my watch yesterday since I knew that it was going to be somewhat of a slow-going treacherous run. None of the paths had been plowed and since it had rained the day before, there was this pleasant layer of ice underneath all of the snow that was still coming down. Fortunately, the fresh snow gave me some traction, but I was still pretty conscious of my footfalls. Maybe I need to invest in these. Or these. Or this. (click the links to see them). Happy procrastinating!

The road between campus and my apartment. The footprints are from two guys on the cross country team, which made me feel real legit.

The endless wind tunnel of South Quad.

God Quad. I tried to get this picture from Main Circle, but it was snowing so hard I couldn't see anything.

I run by this all the time. When it's as quiet as it was yesterday it always makes me think of how special this place is.