Ugh, winter

I woke up today to see the ground covered in a thin layer of snow. I hate winter - why won't it ever stop? it's cold, and windy and wet. had a lovely lecture at 8 with a man from Finland, but with Swedish as his native tongue (finlandssvensk) - the way mumin speak. it was a contrast to the one this afternoon which was unstructured and presented in a head-ache inducing voice. I was very happy when it finished. went by my old work place between lectures and had nice chats and was a computer assistant.