The Great Change: Turning Cathy into a Lawyer

If I was at all tempted to sneak out of the house to go do anything else, the universe has put the kibosh on that plan. There's currently 18 inches of snow on the ground, and it's not done snowing.

My mom, meanwhile, seems fascinated with it and is watching nothing but weather forecasts all day. And then she wants to discuss it. (I asked her how many inches were on the ground and she launched into a full report, practically complete with barometric pressures and footnotes...) I can think of little more annoying than talking about the weather. Unless it's on a meta level, like the green house effect, it's just so pointless to talk about. It's not like you can do anything about the weather - so why frustrate yourself? If it's snowing, it's snowing. It will stop when it's done. There's nothing I can do to change this, so I'd prefer to just ignore it.

Edited for the humor-impaired, and original comments deleted since they no longer make sense.

Edit again: Classes have been cancelled for tomorrow. I guess the universe is REALLY SERIOUS about me finishing this note... I'm feeling a little bit like Bart Simpson right now... (scroll down for reference to the snow day)