This week, North Carolina was hit with the crazy winter storm that's been sweeping the nation, and classes were canceled after 2:00 pm Wednesday, all day Thursday and all day Friday.
High Point University students either bundled up and braved the icy snow mix or stayed cuddled up inside, but there's one thing that everyone could agree on: the unexpected four-day weekend was a happy surprise.
If you're stranded from the storm and need some inspiration for things to do with your free time, check out this list of college snow day activities:
- Grab anything that'll help you slide--trash bags, trash can lids, inflatable pool rafts and the like-- find the biggest hill you can find and go sledding!
- If you're lucky enough to have a dorm room with an oven, bake cookies.
- If you don't have an oven, just eat the cookie dough raw (no one will tell mom!)
- Actually catch up on all that reading you have to do for your literature class that you've been putting off all semester.
- Host a movie marathon with your friends.
- If there's enough snow on the ground, build a snowman!
- Learn all the words to the "Frozen" soundtrack. Go outside, sing as loud as you can and see how many people join in.
- Break out the nail polish, face masks and hair conditioner and treat yourself to a spa day.
- Clean your room, your bathroom, your closet... Everything. Who says it needs to be spring to do some spring cleaning?
- Do some of these at-home exercises to work off the copious amounts of food you'll inevitably eat while trapped inside.
- Mix food coloring and water in spray bottles and paint the snow!
- Try to beat your high score in Flappy Bird.
- Get frustrated and throw your phone across the room.
- Organize your agenda.
- Call your mom.
- Make a new Spotify playlist.
- Blast the playlist until your roommates beg you to stop.
- Take a nap.
- Cook dinner for your significant other. Homemade dinner? Check. Candles? Check. Snow falling softly outside? Check. Romance? Check.
- Spend all day in your favorite pajamas.
- Use the snow to chill your favorite beverage.
- Host a party and drink said chilled beverage.
- Take up a new hobby. Painting? Knitting? Whatever seems to be calling your name!
- Just watch the snow and think.
- Wonder why you've never before realized just how beautiful snow is.
- Crank up the heat and pretend you're on a beach in Hawaii.
- Realize it's still freezing outside.
- Figure out how many days there are until summer break.
- Make snow ice cream.
- Build a blanket fort. Who says college students can't act like little kids every once in a while?
Happy snow day!
