Winter in the Desert

I most unusual event occurred this morning. I first noticed it when my roommate left early in the morning to take a shower and remarked in surprise that it was snowing outside. I was only half awake at the time, but upon hearing this I was instantly awake. i got up and opened the door to see if it was true, and just as quickly shut the door because it was true and i was only wearing shorts and a shirt. It snowed well into the morning, and at least made today stand out from the last 10 days I've done nothing walk to the office and back. It melted on the ground, but stuck until after lunch in most other places. By afternoon the clouds had moved on but the cold had not. By 9pm the snow had been replaced by ice and mud. Thick gooey mud that sticks to my boots and build up until after 50 feet i've got an inch of mud on the bottom of my boot, and every step I take flings gravel behind me.