Surprise...early break!

Hiram is in the snow belt, that's for sure. We do get a lot of snow here. I live south-east of hiram by about 45 minutes, and I see a difference between the amount of snow that I get here and at home. We got hit with a horrible ice storm last week. Monday was gorgeous, I was walking around in a tee-shirt. All the snow started melting. Tuesday was rainy, and then it got cold again. We were getting the worst ice. I went to a restaurant with friend, and we actually had to chip a good 1/4 inch of ice off the car. I couldn't even scrape it, i had to pound it. Then we lost our power on tuesday night. The power lines were getting pulled down because of the weight of the ice. We were on generators for about two hours and then all the power went out. Being the responsible student that I was, I decided that I was not going to class the next morning. I could not set my alarm, and my cell phone was going to die during the night. I figured that if I couldn't even set an alarm, I was not going to stress about waking up. When I did wake up on wednesday, I found a sign on the bathroom door that said all classes were cancelled. I felt so weird. I was on campus surrounded by people, and felt completely isolated. I couldn't get online. I couldn't turn on the TV to watch the news, I couldn't use my cell phone. It was erie to think how easy it is to isolate us. I needed to watch a movie and then write a paper about it. My laptop was definitely going to die within about an hour. I decided to head home for the day. That way I could watch my movie, shower, and recharge my cell and computer. It was kinda cool to go home and have the house to my self in the middle of the day. My room mate called me later in the evening and told me that the campus was shutting down at 8 pm and we were headed to spring break early. I was really depressed during the first couple days. I was snowed in the house and couldn't get out to do anything. I was going stirr crazy. It's amazing how much more motivated I got on monday after I was finally able to get out of my house!!