What is this "full day" you speak of?
Today is only the fourth full day of school we have had in the last two weeks. We only had school Tuesday and Friday of last week. This week, Monday was a full day, we had a two-hour delay Tuesday, and school was canceled yesterday. Of course, the upshot of all this is that we now have a 3-day weekend at the end of February instead of a 4-day weekend, and we have (so far) 3 extra days of school in June. Ah well...I guess it was a good way to ease back into the new year.
Gotta love those midwestern ice storms. Didn't even know what that was until I came here. A temperature difference of a few degrees is enough to make the difference between sheets of ice and just wet roads. They canceled yesterday because we were supposed to get torrential rain/ice just when the kids were supposed to get out of school. Well, we did get the rain but it was warm enough to stay liquid. The district caught some flak from parents for it, but really, what other choice did they have? It could have been disastrous, and there's no way to predict exactly what temperature it will by at 3 pm by 7 am when they have to make the decision.
I got some much-needed rest and got some business done...travel agent for tickets to London, went to the bank, and D and I filled out a mortgage preapplication online. We are going to a loan officer recommended to us by a friend whose brother is a mortgage broker, so we are pretty confident she knows what she's doing. We will set up an appointment soon to discuss the application. So exciting!
Gotta love those midwestern ice storms. Didn't even know what that was until I came here. A temperature difference of a few degrees is enough to make the difference between sheets of ice and just wet roads. They canceled yesterday because we were supposed to get torrential rain/ice just when the kids were supposed to get out of school. Well, we did get the rain but it was warm enough to stay liquid. The district caught some flak from parents for it, but really, what other choice did they have? It could have been disastrous, and there's no way to predict exactly what temperature it will by at 3 pm by 7 am when they have to make the decision.
I got some much-needed rest and got some business done...travel agent for tickets to London, went to the bank, and D and I filled out a mortgage preapplication online. We are going to a loan officer recommended to us by a friend whose brother is a mortgage broker, so we are pretty confident she knows what she's doing. We will set up an appointment soon to discuss the application. So exciting!
posted by Suzy at 7:37 AM
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My other teacher friends are pretty jealous of your "ease into school" plan, even if it is beginning to affect the rest of your school calendar. My roommate works for the Air Force so he got a two hour delay early this week when I still had to be at work on time. Hearing my roommate go back to bed is not the way to start my day off with a smile! :)
Aren't ice storms pretty? I had never seen one 'til college and I was amazed by how beautiful they are. But then in college it was easy to take a day off, and even if I went to class, I didn't have to drive anywhere so they didn't affect my life too much.
People keep hinting that Texas gets ice storms. But dammit, it's been 5 or so years down here and nary a one.
Easing into school is definitely the way to go...
Easing into school sure does sound nice! We had pretty much the same outside crap that you had, but they don't close medical school. The whole city was closed down for days and we still had to make it there on time. I think people in the mid-west are a bit wussy when it comes to snow, but at lest there is less traffic.
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