I got a phone call from my boss last night.
"Don't come in to work tomorrow; all facilities are closed and it will be too dangerous to travel. We'll talk tomorrow night or Thursday."
Great! My first snow day since my sophomore year of college! I'm so pumped, especially cuz most of my friends have the day off as well. I watched the news on my roommate's TV and paid special attention to the weather report, just to make sure. Yup, we're supposed to get a ton of snow.
As the evening continued, I kept looking out the window for signs of this impending blizzard. Nada. I fell asleep having seen nary a flake. I woke up in the middle of the night to find a dusting of snow on the fire escape outside my window. Big deal.
This morning, I woke up, looked out my window again and laughed. There was less than an inch of snow on the fire escape. I left my room to hear my roommate singing, "I have a snow day, I have a snow day! Yippee!"
Glad for her, but in slight disbelief, I commented, "Really - your work cancelled, too? Too hazardous to travel or something?"
She replied with glee, "Yup! It's really coming down out there."
I looked out the window and laughed again. "Sweetie, where I'm from, that's not called 'coming down'. That's called, 'put on your snowboots and go to school.'"
Still, I'm not arguing with a free day off. Maybe there will eventually be enough snow that we can have a decent snowball fight. ;-)
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Lol. I agree.
I wake up, look outside, and snort. This is the terrible weather they're closing school for??
I suppose it's supposed to get worse later on. And since it's melty snow, it'll probably freeze over and get slippery. But....lol. It just looks kinda silly.
Either way, it's nice. Like you, I haven't gotten a snow day in years. Think 1996. My school prided itself in staying open no matter what (foot of snow, broken boiler, no students, etc...) and so I kinda learned to just grin and bear it. It's quite something to get to school and find you're one of the few who made it through the drifts.
Enjoy the break, and make sure to put all that slushy snow to good use!!
i'm with you on that one. i've spent my life living with 'lake effect snow' and know that it takes a lot more than 12 inches to cancel school! i think the rule is, if you're still able to open your front door, nothing is cancelled.
school's closed? the NYS Unified Court System is shut down for the day!
Hey scraps :) Whats up? You haven't posted for a while...
I agree. I miss your blog
I hope you enjoyed your day off! Nature can at times be merciless. At times it is merciful too :-)
This is Nancy from Israeli Uncensored News
I'd rather have a working day than a heavy snowfall. Hate winter and snow(((
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