Old Man Winter Can Bite Me

[smc36]

Tomorrow is snow day #6 for my kids. They've already closed school tomorrow, after a failed closing today. There was NO reason for closing today, just like there was no reason to close last Friday, or that Wednesday the week before last. We could have gotten away with a delayed opening. Delayed openings still count as a school day. Closing,

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[famous99]

and nyc schools are open. NO delay!

[smc36]

I blame in on the news reports. They keep predicting the same storm we got on Dec 26th so the schools see more than 4 snow flakes around here and they close school. The thing is - we live in the mountains! We should be used to big snow storms. Today, I agree, should have probably been a snow day. Yesterday could have been late opening because nothing new hit us until the night. Same with the snow date we had last week and the snow date we had the week before, and I believe possibly the week before that. The entire month of January, the kids didn't have a full week of school.
Now the board is meeting to see if they should take away some of the winter recess dates. Gee, ya think? I'm thinking its a no brainer to take away some of the winter recess dates.
I'm glad that the rodent is predicting an early spring, but seriously, I doubt anyone of them had the nerve to say the groundhog is predicting 6 more weeks of this winter. We would have been eating ground hog soup for dinner if they had said more winter!

[famous99]

But last week, they were so badly off that they called 6-9 inches and it was over a foot!
My issue is that NYC either calls school or no school. They don't do delay openings. Yesterday, it wasn't all that bad by the end of the day, but they should have delayed opening, because early a.m. It was sooo hard getting out. On top of all that, we also had to get the little ones to the sitter. It was really awful.

[60schic]

I'm home...alone...and stil want it to stop.

[smc36]

Add to the fun of the day- Mike's dog keeps throwing up - including throwing up on my bed.
Fun times.
so much fun times.

Kill. Me. Now.

[chazper]

Oh dear. And here I was thoroughly enjoying my snow (really, ice) day! Of course it's only our second of the year, and I have no teenagers with me in the house. In fact, it's NOT being with teenagers that makes it so restful! But I do feel for you, Sandy! Snow days are completely different for teachers than they are for parents.

Think spring. It has to come sometime, right?

[smc36]

Well, to add to the fun - the one dog threw up. Everywhere. Including, yes, my bed. Right in the middle of my bed.
But hey- trying to be positive...at least the living room and the hallway are all nice and steam cleaned.
The kids are now on different floors of the house. One upstairs and one downstairs. Because the screaming match while attempting to *help* with the snow shoveling would embarrass a truck driver.

Its gotta be spring soon.
Hey - they say both groundhogs around here are saying early spring. Seriously? After the winter we've had- if they claimed there was going to be 6 more weeks of winter, we would all be eating groundhog stew for dinner.

[famous99]

I love the snow days.... but last week, when we had one I thought it would have been easier to go to work than to stay home with my 18-month-old!

[helen_c]

Snow is evil.

I hope you're surviving!