Snowball fights!

This past week has been pretty eventful. It snowed to the point where I could finally have my first snowball fight! I thought my hands would be fine because I was wearing gloves but they got cold from making snowballs much faster than I had expected. I also ended up slipping on black ice a lot, but I didn't fall. However, people have been telling me it's only going to get worse so I ended up spending a lot of money on snow gear. I bought snow boots, some thermal wear and an electric heater and it all cost about $200. Not the kind of money I wanted to be spending on winter stuff, especially since when I go back to Hawaii I will have no use for it. Oh well, it can't really be helped.

Snow!

This morning I woke up to someone ringing my doorbell like the world was going to end. It was much to early for me to be getting out of bed. I almost ignored it and stayed in bed, but the doorbell ringing didn't stop for a good minute, so I ended up having to get up. It was one of my friends waking me up to see snow falling from the sky! It's the first time I'd seen snow fall. It was great! Glad I was woken up to see it!

Hakodate weather

Wow! This weather really isn't the kind of weather I'm used to! The temperature has been hanging around 10 and 0 degrees Celsius lately. That's between 50 and 32 degrees Fahrenheit. And this isn't even as cold as it's going to get! The wind has been really strong lately too. Last night I decided to go for a walk and when I came back, the wind was blowing so hard on my door that I couldn't open it. I thought I had locked it for a second before I realized that it was just the wind! When I opened my door and went inside, the wind blew so hard that it slammed the door in my face! It's really fun to experience new things, especially like this. Though, I am a little worried for when winter actually comes!

Cold~

It's starting to get really cold here! It still hasn't begun to snow yet. The snow shouldn't be coming for another month or so, but it's already so cold! Me and the guys were out walking one night and we were surprised to see that the temperature on the public thermometer read 1.2 degrees Celsius! It's gotten to the point where I need to use 2 thick blankets to not only sleep, but just to be in my room if I'm not wearing pants and a jacket! This island grown boy wasn't made for the cold. But I'm still excited to see snow!