Another snow day today… we are getting 20+ cm of snow (that’s ummm… 8 inches?) which isn’t a huge amount but I guess the fact that there’s freezing rain mixed in was enough to convince the powers that be to close school for the kids.
I woke up at 5:45 to finish up my grades (the program lost my entire comment bank which meant I had to rewrite coments for each of my 165 students… bleh… which meant that at midnight when I wasn’t done last night Rob sent me to bed and told me to finish in the morning). At 6 am, it was beautiful out. At 7 am, it was starting to have a few freezing rain pellets. The announcement came on the radio about cancelled school. Next thing you know the snow was coming down all heavily, combined with freezing rain. All this by 7:15.
I was finished all my grades etc. by 7, so I decided to head to the gym before work, knowing that I could come in in my sweatpants and everything and not really have to interact with anyone. So I did that, then I stopped at WalMart to return a lamp that we’d gotten there to help with my little grow-op (I’m kidding — well I am growing things, but they’re parsley and coriander, nothing illegal). I had purchased a special sunlight bulb that needed a wider lamp so we picked up a cheap one on Saturday… but it was broken. On the way out of the store I slipped and fell right on my arse. So now the butt of my pants is soaking wet.
Luckily I am in my classroom all alone and no one is looking at my butt. That I know of. And wow, I can barely see out my window. I may be heading home at lunchtime, if this weather keeps up.
We’re getting something between rain and sleet… yet another travel advisory in effect. Glad I don’t have anywhere pressing to go today.