The llama has been out of commission due to some snow days (3!), technical difficulties and a disabling upper respiratory bug (blach!)Luckily the snow days coincided with the worst of the sneezing, coughing and general cold-related misery, so I didn't actually miss work. Feeling slightly better, supposed to work tomorrow with awesome 5th graders. ( Read more... )

Thursday was a bonafide snow day: With 6 inches of snow, the city was having difficulties mobilizing and all the schools were closed. With that pronouncement, I went back to sleep and woke up refreshed and ready to conquer my driveway. A smooth patch of unblemished powder, I dented it my steel shovel...it was deceptively light and fluffy in the ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is a snow day! (As a sometimes substitute teacher, I have a legitimate reason for watching the school closings. Unlike when I was in QDRO-land and would cheer when I saw my high school wobble across the bottom of the screen...and then remembered I had to go to work anyway.) It started snowing around midday today...by 3 pm when I returned ( Read more... )

If you were a schoolchild in the Kansas City metro area today, it was a snow day. At a balmy 8 deg F, it was a bit cold to actually play in the snow. This morning, as I got dressed, I was watching the morning news to find out road conditions. I watched the school closings list crawl across the bottom of the screen. When I saw the listing for my ( Read more... )

Snow! Lots of it! Rare for these here yon parts.

Welcome to the Llama-coaster. So far these last couple of weeks we've had ( Read more... )

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First, this week was the ice storm that wasn't. I guess after the whomping the weather system gave to Oklahoma, people were expecting inches of ice, downed power lines and mass hysteria. Luckily, the road crews kept the streets clear (magic beet juice?) I went to work on Tuesday, but left early after hearing weather reports that the storm was ( Read more... )

You may remember my rants about the silliness of Chanukah (some involving the phrase "Jewish Taliban") All that being probably historically accurate, there is something truly satisfying about watching little flames burn in the darkness. Especially this time of year, when I leave the house when it's dark and come home when its dark. Especially ( Read more... )

Well, "blizzarding" may be an exaggeration. Sure, visibility was limited on my way home from school this afternoon, but the bigger problem is that a)my car is not the best for driving in snowy conditions on the hills of Llamaville and b) I am not the best driver in the snow. Had some slipping and sliding, but made it home okay ( Read more... )