Snow Days?

Today is a "snow day," at least for the kids.  Michael rec'd a text around 5 AM and our call and e-mail came shortly afterward.  Ashley and Cody seem happy while Michael went back to sleep.  Karen merely rolled over when I went in to turn off the alarm clock and said, "No school today.  Hooray."  And she too is still sleeping.

Right after that, we lost our Comcast service--no boob tube, no phone, no computer/Internet.  Not a big deal.  I made Ashley her favorite pancakes, while the Codester had his bowl of Cinnamon Life, without cow juice.

Toward 7 AM I began to get ready for my classes.  I was dressed and the figured I'd better check to see if the college was also canceled.  With no phone or Internet service, I had Ashley call and, whew, to my relief, it was closed "until noon."  Yes, I am disappointed.  I must be the only one in history to be disappointed when my classes are canceled.  What relieved me was not driving up there (about 45 minutes) only to find the cancellation.  That would not have been good.

Now I'll have to cram the first three days of classes into two.  They are among my favorite lessons, too.

Call me stupid or something similar, but I wonder if I still have to go up there since my last class runs from 11:00 to 12:25.  Do I have to go for the last 25 minutes?  I have a couple of e-mails in for that.  Gee, I hope they don't laugh at me......  Karen already did.

It is icy out there, very icy.  Walking on our walkway and driveway is very, very treacherous.  I opted to use the grass, all ice-covered as it is.  But my newspaper isn't here yet.  I don't blame my delivery lady.  It's nasty out there.

It's good, too, that I had planned a rest day this AM; that is, I wasn't going to run in part to help get the kids ready for school.  I have a tentative date for running at 4:30, though.  We'll see if the ice melts by then; temperatures are expected in the mid-40s.