snowy morning.

this was the view out the bedroom window when i woke up:
sigh.

it was amazing to just sit and take it in during breakfast. there's always something sort of magical about the first big snowfall of the season. no matter where you happen to be for it. :]
my grandma said that it's sort of rare for the snow to completely cover the branches and every little thing in the yard the way it did. i suppose that generally the snowfall here is a bit more heavy, so it tends to just fall right off. this one must have been just right. :]

we didn't end up going to visit the farm today. we were supposed to go up with my mom's parents, but my grandma wasn't feeling well. so we decided to reschedule, perhaps for the christmas visit.

this left us with a whole day of no plans.
we thought about going to a museum or movie or something, but we couldn't decide. instead, we went shoe shopping. ha. :]
i found three pairs that i really liked, but i decided that i didn't have enough room to get them home in my suitcase. i spent the past fifteen minutes doing some preliminary packing, and i'd say it was definitely a wise decision not to purchase any shoes. my suitcase is going to be super full.

we ate dinner at my grandparents favorite chinese restaurant. they really do have the best sesame chicken ever. i have a feeling that i'm going to be craving it in a few days. ha. after dinner, we played more cards. we played two rounds of pitch, which was new to me. i wasn't very good at it. i'll need to practice in order to be able to keep up around here. after those two rounds, we switched to ricke ticke and played two rounds of it. i won the second round! hard to believe. :]

i'm sad to be leaving tomorrow. i love spending time with my grandparents. i feel like i'm able to keep my grandpa in moderately good spirits when i'm here, despite what he's going through right now. it'd be nice to stay longer. while we were searching for things to do today, i came across this ceramics studio that i really would love to visit. i think there are a lot of interesting places and things to do around the denver area. maybe i should take a year of foreign language so i can apply to the graduate program here. :]

i better get to sleep now. i have to wake up early tomorrow, and i didn't get much sleep at all last night.
i hope everyone had a fantastic long weekend. :]