EDIT: I wrote this a week ago but didn’t have the snow pictures as proof.  Now, I do!  And today it’s just as cold (but without the precipitation) so it’s a good day to post it!

Last night as we were about to head to bed, Zliten turned on the news and heard that it was snowing in areas of Austin.  We are NEVER hit by the weather (it will be raining everywhere else and it will open up a hole over our neighborhood), so he didn’t check, but I had to grab some water so I looked out the door on the way back, and lo and behold, it was SNOWING.  I haven’t seen snow (and I’m actually happy about this) in 5 years when I was back in Reno visiting the family and we had a freak cold front in April, apparently to punish me for leaving.  Since it’s been a while, it was pretty to watch and catch on my tongue (they don’t taste like they used to when I was little, I swear).  Thank the commuter gods I woke up this morning and it was all gone (besides a coat of ice on the rooftops) and traffic was kind.  I can only imagine what sort of hell it would be if it was ACTUALLY SNOWING while driving, if traffic in the rain is an indicator.

The funny thing is it was unseasonably warm in the afternoon.  It was 81 degrees at lunch, and I was actually wishing I had a t-shirt on.  When I got back from lunch it was 10 degrees colder, and then by the time I left work at 6pm it was 50 degrees!  They say if you don’t like the weather in Texas, wait a few hours, and yesterday is proof that’s not just bullshit.

It was kinda fun, I guess, and I won’t complain too much about the frigid temps today (low 30s to low 50s), but only because we’re supposed to be back in the 70s by this weekend.  EDIT:  Indeed it was in the 70s on Sunday – I spent the day outside in a t-shirt, jeans, sandals, and a light sweater when it got cold.  Monday morning at 3am it was 70 degrees still.  Monday morning at 7am it was below freezing and has stayed below 40 since.  Should be up in the upper 70s by this weekend again.  Texas weather is crazy, but I prefer the cold-and-warm-mix to just cold.  If I knew the weather wasn’t gonna change much until February or March, I’d be pretty depressed.