It Turned into a Six-Day Weekend...

Monday seems so long ago. I woke up at 5:00AM like usual, went to school, had after school tutoring and came home like normal. Little did I know that from Tuesday on, normal and me would become like the poles of a magnet.

I got the first no school call early Tuesday morning.
And my face had smile.

I got the second no school call late Tuesday afternoon.
And my face smiled again.

I got the third no school call late Wednesday afternoon.
And my face had a grin.

I got the fourth no school call late Thursday afternoon.
And I rolled my eyes.

I watched the news Thursday night and all the channels reported that Dallas may get a light dusting of snow, but more than likely travel conditions in Dallas and the surrounding areas would be, for the most part, okay.

I woke up at 6:00AM looked out the window and saw this:

Turning on the news I learned that the storm had taken a “slight” shift. This shift allowed Mother Nature to dump six to eight inches of snow on the city.

While six-day weekends are nice…I wonder when I’m going to be making up those extra days?

Update:

At 6:27 PM I got the call.

"Hello RISD family. This call is to inform you that, due to inclement weather, school is canceled for Wednesday, February 2, 2011."

The message continued, but I didn’t hear a thing.

Looks like I’ll be sleeping late tomorrow!

Hmmm…should I be thinking “Hat Trick”?


I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

19 Degrees

I woke up at 5 o’clock this morning, made a cup of coffee and sat down in front of the TV. I knew, from watching the news Monday night, that there was a good chance that school would be canceled due to the weather. However, it was 35 degrees, so I really didn’t think it was going to happen.

To make a long story short, I got Tuesday off!

Melissa had some pretty important things happening at the hospital today. It was somewhere around 8:30 (she was walking out the door) when she got a message saying the morning meetings were canceled, but come in at noon. She left at about 11:30, and came home about an hour later. Turns out she only made it about five maybe ten miles before she had to turn around and slowly make her way home.

At 3:00, I made my way to he grocery store thinking that the roads had to be better. I mean, come on! It was afternoon and the sun was out.

I was wrong…

Turns out roads were covered in ice. There was some water in the tire grooves, but other than that it was solid ice. When I got to Kroger, the parking lot was a huge sheet of ice about half an inch think in some places. I got my few things, somehow got back to my car without falling down and carefully limped home.

After I got home I checked the weather app on my phone. The temperature was 19 degrees…the high for they day. Tomorrow’s forecast is low 13, with a high of 21.

I’ve been teaching for 17 years, and so far I’ve never missed two days in a row due to the weather.

Maybe this will be one for the record books.

I’ll keep you posted.