{"id":310,"date":"2008-12-16T20:20:43","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T20:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=310"},"modified":"2008-12-16T20:24:43","modified_gmt":"2008-12-16T20:24:43","slug":"let-it-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/16\/let-it-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Let it Snow!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>EDIT: I wrote this a week ago but didn&#8217;t have the snow pictures as proof.\u00a0 Now, I do!\u00a0 And today it&#8217;s just as cold (but without the precipitation) so it&#8217;s a good day to post it!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taverncrawlers.org\/gallery\/albums\/userpics\/normal_IMG_1708.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/>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.\u00a0 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&#8217;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.\u00a0 I haven&#8217;t seen snow (and I&#8217;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.\u00a0 Since it&#8217;s been a while, it was pretty to watch and catch on my tongue (they don&#8217;t taste like they used t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taverncrawlers.org\/gallery\/albums\/userpics\/normal_IMG_1709.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"192\" \/>o when I was little, I swear).\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>The funny thing is it was unseasonably warm in the afternoon.\u00a0 It was 81 degrees at lunch, and I was actually wishing I had a t-shirt on.\u00a0 When I got back from lunch it was 10 degrees colder, and then by the time I left<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taverncrawlers.org\/gallery\/albums\/userpics\/normal_IMG_1710.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"211\" \/> work at 6pm it was 50 degrees!\u00a0 They say if you don&#8217;t like the weather in Texas, wait a few hours, and yesterday is proof that&#8217;s not just bullshit.<\/p>\n<p>It was kinda fun, I guess, and I won&#8217;t complain too much about the frigid temps today (low 30s to low 50s), but only because we&#8217;re supposed to be back in the 70s by this weekend.\u00a0 <em>EDIT:\u00a0 Indeed it was in the 70s on Sunday &#8211; I spent the day outside in a t-shirt, jeans, sandals, and a light sweater when it got cold.\u00a0 Monday <\/em><em>morning at 3am it was 70 degrees still.\u00a0 Mo<\/em><em>nday morning at 7am<\/em><em> it was below freezing and has stayed below 40 since.\u00a0 Should be up in the upper 70s by this weekend again.\u00a0 Texas weather is crazy, but I prefer the cold-and-warm-mix to just cold.\u00a0 If I knew the weather wasn&#8217;t gonna change much until February or March, I&#8217;d be pretty depressed.<\/em><\/p>\n<div data-counters='1' data-style='square' data-size='regular' data-url='https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/16\/let-it-snow\/' data-title='Let it Snow!' class='linksalpha_container linksalpha_app_3'><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='facebook' class='linksalpha_icon_facebook'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='twitter' class='linksalpha_icon_twitter'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='googleplus' class='linksalpha_icon_googleplus'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='mail' class='linksalpha_icon_mail'><\/a><\/div><div data-position='' data-url='https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/16\/let-it-snow\/' data-title='Let it Snow!' class='linksalpha_container linksalpha_app_7'><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='facebook' class='linksalpha_icon_facebook'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='twitter' class='linksalpha_icon_twitter'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='googleplus' class='linksalpha_icon_googleplus'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='mail' class='linksalpha_icon_mail'><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/16\/let-it-snow\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\" show-faces='false' width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDIT: I wrote this a week ago but didn&#8217;t have the snow pictures as proof.\u00a0 Now, I do!\u00a0 And today it&#8217;s just as cold (but without the precipitation) so it&#8217;s a good day to post it! 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