First snow of the YEAR!!!

The snow was so disappointing!! Nothing stuck, it barely flurried. But that was YESTERDAY. Today it rained! And I got soaked because I wasn't expecting it!! But when I traveled to my business class, I noticed a few tiny piles of snow on the ground and was thinking,
NO... WAY ?
And then as I rode the train on the way back to the city -- SNOW. It covered everything and it was beautiful. This area is just packed with tall trees, and it was a thousand times more beautiful than my backyard. Sadly, since it was night time, I couldn't get a picture as we rode through the country. But we stopped at a station and I snapped this:

I was like, totally PUMPED. And we rolled into Aomori station.... and there was no snow. It's either rain or very strange wet snow in the disguise of pure rain. I thought weather in Cincinnati was crazy... it's nothing compared to this place. But still, I'm hoping that snow over the mountain will find its way to my lazy city, and I can wake up with a winter wonderland of half an inch!! PUHLEEEZ!!