Sledging

It's still cold, but the sledding was worth it (sledging as it's called here for whatever reason). Turns out there's a small ski hill in the middle of town that you can also sled down. It was about a 40 minute walk from home, to campus, to the hill but well worth it (about 20 of us made the trip). It's almost completely dark except for the snow makers 100 meters away but then you see the glow of the city and it's pretty good. Few of us had decent sleds and we tried the garbage bags for a while but eventually made do with pieces (yes, pieces) of sleds that had seen better days. It worked pretty well. Fast rides down and long walks up. Temperature is still around -15 to -20 but you never noticed, or at least I didn't. Plus, I successfully avoided going out to the pub (and the $5 beers). Now if only I could get started on that next paper...eh, maybe later, time for dinner.