Yesterday, a surprised snowstorm struck. It was forecasted, but not for as much snow as we got. Besides these forecasts are usually an exercise in covering your ass anyway. When we went to gyro it was 37 ºF and sleeting. After class I went to the grocery store. After coming out again, it was snowing with some gusto. The temperature had dropped some, but it was still above freezing. It had begun to stick on the pavement, so I bagged the rest of my errands and headed home. It snowed constantly throughout the day, sometimes heavily. In the end, we got about five inches. Then the mercury dropped out the bottom. In the middle of the night, I got up to elevate the thermostat, for fear of freezing our newly fixed and not yet paid for plumbing. A few days ago, it was in the mid-sixties and in a few days hence they will be again. Making this dip just a blip.