Snow Day?
This is one of those days that I am SURE I am superb at my job. Why? Because I managed to send three children to school, warm and fed (dressed for a trip to the Arctic Circle) prepared to be educated and enriched. I am also completely sure that every mom and teacher in my town is rock star. There were 237 school closings in Northeastern Ohio today. We were open. And you know what? That's okay, because if the cold weather and snow continue, school will likely be closed soon enough.So for all of us who woke this morning and watched the closings roll across the TV, who listened to the children whine and beg, who made hot chocolate for breakfast and begged our 8th-grade sons to wear scarves, BRAVO! For those of us who pulled hats and boots over our pajamas and drove to the bus stop, who dug through the piles to find matching mittens, who made thermos lunches and promised to go to Target and buy sleds, YAY FOR YOU!
For those of us who took phone calls from husbands in Phoenix, where it is 60 degrees, for anyone whose car slid all over the icy road, for parents who helped find violins, snacks, homework, snow pants, projects, show-and-tell, glue sticks and gym clothes and THEN stuffed it all into a backpack and somehow managed to slide it over the shoulders of a super-stuffed winter parka. . .GREAT JOB!
For the snow plow guys who cleared my driveway at 3:00 AM while I was sleeping in my warm bed. . . thank you, thank you, thank you! Because of you, I could leave my house this morning. (But why would I? It's so cold my thermometer is registering "—" degrees.)
For the teachers, who did not get a snow day either, thank you! You will be putting up with snow pants, giant coats, boots, slick hallways, and cranky children who were up late, banking on a day off. I appreciate you!
And for all of the children who participated in the rituals last night. Try, try, again! Flush the ice cubes, flush the ice cream! Wear your jammies inside out, and text snowflakes to your friends. It's supposed to be REALLY cold tomorrow. I hear it could be a snow day. . .
Great one, Christy! I can hear your voice in your words. I especially loved the ending- it gave me a big giggle.
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So funny!! My 8 year-old woke up yesterday morning after flushing an ice cube down the toilet and wearing her pjs backwards and inside-out and was incensed that there wasn't a snow day because she was "uncomfortable all night" in her backwards pjs. She felt like she really took one for the team to no avail!!
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