Snow Day #5

It was one of those moments: We woke up at 5:30 a.m. and couldn't open our back door. We only got 3" of snow last night, but the wind is fierce. We turned on the TV news, and the ticker at the bottom was crazy busy with school cancellations. Unfortunately, my school only listed "buses hard surfaces" which is common in Iowa. So we made the coffee, fed the cats and began the morning routine.

The ticker is addictive. I signed up for email alerts when school is cancelled, and I get those pretty quickly after the District calls in. But every time we have a "weather event" I still stare at the ticker, especially in that early morning grogginess that was engulfing me.

My husband came into the room, and I was waiting for my school to appear on the ticker. It was nearing 6:00 a.m., and the TV weatherman had just announced that many schools were still calling in. Suddenly, my school popped up as "closed" and I screamed, "school's closed, school's closed." My hubby didn't believe me, and accused me of making it up...we had a good laugh over that. It was a fun moment: made even more fun by the fact that we had a day off!

But I still, even as I type this, am looking at that damn ticker. It's like I think they are going to change their mind or something. Of course, we have to make this day up, and will be going even closer to June. But I don't care, because being the yearbook adviser, I have to work all summer anyway.

I guess that's a shitty attitude, but what the hell: I have a snow day and the ticker don't lie.