2 Inches of Snow?? Life=Complete

As many of us Washingtonians know, winter time mostly consists of gray days and rain. However, I am happy to announce that Washington has been rewarded with early snow! Did you hear me? Early snow! Of course, I'm sure people who live on the West Coast or Alaska think this is nothing, but don't ruin this for us rain-dwellers! This is a big deal!
So, after many conflicting weather reports, I was still skeptical about any snow this year. The days were growing colder, but the ground remained bare. I finally decided to bring out the Puffy Coat. That's right, Washingtonians keep note on when the Puffy Coat is brought out. It's kind of a momentous occasion. Well, maybe that's just me. But anyway, a light dusting of snow precipitated the previous day, so I decided it was time.
When I got to school, there was no snow at all. I was starting to wonder if Sunday's light dusting was just to make us all have false hope. But alas! On the bus ride to Sno-Isle, the snow started trickling down from the clouds of gray. Fortunately, my classroom  has a big window in front of me with no blinds, so I could watch it fall throughout the day. It was mesmerizing. At one point, while looking out the window, someone started talking to me and I totally missed it because I was in awe. Or maybe I just decided not to listen to her. Either way, I blamed the snow.
After the snow started sticking and accumulating, one guy in the class told our instructor to go out and make a snow angel. She laughed and told him there wasn't enough snow yet. He kept asking. When it started snowing harder, he asked if we could go outside and make snow angels. Of course, only a few would do it, but we would all watch. Our instructor sighed and told him to wait until after 10. We refused that because some of us were to be bused back to school after ten. So we agreed on 10 sharp. Several people were watching the clock. The snow continued to come down. At 10, about three people announced it was time for snow angels and went outside the back door in our classroom. Our instructor followed them out. Other people were watching, including the people in our class. The door they went out of locked from the outside, but we made sure they all got back in. Eventually.

Sno-Isle Snow Angels

I took a picture with my cellphone of this day. I have to say, Sno-Isle is the highlight of my day, but this was the highlight of my highlight. I mean, come on. Sno-Isle? Snow? It's the perfect combination! It maybe be even better than chocolate and peanut butter! Well, I shouldn't say that. Certain people reading this will have a fit and send me angry messages.
Anyway, when I got back to school, the snow was falling there as well. It was exciting. It took as a lot longer to get back because all the buses had to drive at practically 20 mph so they didn't slide. It stopped eventually, then during 5th period someone look out the window and gasped, "It's snowing!" And so it was. Even harder this time.
During lunch my friend decided to throw snow at me. There was barely enough to make a snowball, but she did it. And I did too. Oh, what a fun day.
When I got home, the snow still wasn't sticking to the roads. It probably started sticking later that night. That evening we got a call from school saying school was canceled the next day. Seconds later I received a call from my friend who then repeated the news. While talking with this friend I got a text from someone I knew saying school was canceled. Word travels fast if it involves schools being canceled.
It froze that night, so not only was there snow, there was ice. And it was only getting colder. So the school called that evening saying school was canceled Wednesday too. Thanksgiving Break was after that.
So basically, we went to school one day this week and have a six-day weekend. Plus, two inches of snow. Don't judge. This is twice the snow we got last year!
The downside to this is all my friends have cabin fever and caused me to go over my texts and minutes in four days. Thanks guys. Haha, just kidding. I love talking to all of you. :-)

Anyway, the snow is gone now, aside from the few patches. It rained yesterday. The magical moments are gone. Oh well, hopefully this means more snow for Winter Break!

...Right?

To Be Continued....never...

Writing has always been a big passion of mine. Hence, a blog. But I've found I've always been terrible at satisfying suspense. At least to me. No one has told me either way. But I do know how an ending can ruin the whole book.
There is a certain author I read for a period of time. She was excellent at producing cliffhangers and the "edge-of-your-seat" kind of format. But she wrote preteen kids books. So her books had impossibly happy endings. This ruined the whole experience for me. Ever since I read her books I wanted to make sure I was never like that.
Recently I wrote a dark story. This is pretty normal for me, but this one I tried to make more realistic instead of morbid. I think it's ok, and the two people I showed it to said it was ok, but I hated the ending. I ruined my story with the ending. It was intended to be a story about someone who no one cared about. So the first half or so is pretty depressing and sad. This is the part of the story I like the most. It sounds like my usual voice of writing. Then I wanted the story to have a happy ending. So I made an incredibly happy ending. Like, too good to be true happy ending. I hate it.
This is exactly why I don't normally "end" my stories. The words cease to continue but the story still goes on in the reader's mind. That's how I want my audience to experience my stories. Those stories always get the best feedback. So I don't let myself learn how to end a good book properly. Then I'm not able to progress in my writing, it just stays the same. Of course, I don't write like a five-year old, but I'm not positive I'll be able to get past my teen writings, which become less and less good the older you get and the higher everyone's standards get.
I'd like to think after a couple years of doing a blog or something of that nature, I'll look back and wonder if it's really me, if I really used to write like that. There's no way that I can progress unless I make mistakes first. Mistakes help you learn, it's a fact of life. But how can I possibly know the mistake I make unless someone tells me? I know there are writers better than me, there always will be, at least in my opinion. This doesn't mean I want people to sugar coat their feedback. Yet, I still want them to be tactful. Is that too much to ask?
Anyway, if you want an example of how I usually end my stories, have a link to my favorite video I've done. I'd show you from here, but the file's gone. So here, have a link:

Sara Bareilles-Gravity Music Video (sims 2)

So now you know how I hate ending things...

*ahem*

Um...I'm...just gonna go...then...bye..

*leaves awkwardly*