This past week, Baltimore got hit with 30+ inches of snow, thanks to winter blizzard Jonas. Loyola University Maryland was closed for a total of five and a half days, three and half of which were school days. The snow days were fun, and I am in no way complaining that we had off of school for a few days. But, with the university being closed, the FAC being closed, and the roads being impossible to drive on, Loyola students were definitely suffering from some cabin fever. Here are some ways Loyola students felt during Jonas:
We were excited!
Baltimore gets snow, but never a ton of snow. With at least two feet practically guaranteed, we were all anxiously awaiting the first flurry. We went to bed with maybe about six inches on the ground and woke up to over a foot.
We were anti-school.
Once we got the ‘no-school’ email, everyone was even more excited! When there is snow and no school, you can enjoy the snow! But, when there’s snow and school, you can’t enjoy the snow as much. We didn’t have school, and we were pumped.
We were hungry.
The snow was constant and the wind chill was 0. While most people were looking to stay inside, comfy and cozy, some people didn’t have a choice—‘food’ was the main reason people left their dorms at all. If you aren’t lucky enough to live in Newman with Iggy’s right downstairs, you had to face the cold and walk outside in order to get something to eat.
We were bored.
Practically everything was closed; we had nothing to do. The FAC was closed, so we couldn’t even go workout to burn off some energy. So, we slept. We ate. We did some homework (maybe). We just hung around.
We started to go a little crazy.
Being cooped up inside for days-on-end has a serious effect on the brain. We needed some fresh air, some exercise, and a definite change of scenery. We started to loose our minds.
We were anxious!
After what seemed to be forever, Loyola opened up the FAC (for limited hours). Everyone was dying to burn off some energy, so EVERYONE was at the FAC when it reopened. Literally, everyone.
We were antsy.
Having off of school was great, but we were all starting to get a little antsy. The semester just started, so we didn't have that much work to do. After a while, there really was nothing to do. I think, in some way, we all wanted to resume classes (just a little).
We were unsure.
On Wednesday, Jan. 27, we got news that Loyola would be reopening and classes would be resuming on Jan. 28. We were all hoping for another day off (or maybe even the whole week), but at the same time, I think everyone was glad to get back into a routine.
We were sad.
Classes started back up, and we INSTANTLY missed our free-time. Professors were going twice as fast and assigning twice the amount of work. Feel free to hit again, Jonas. We sure could use another snow day.
