Day after day school is cancelled. It's really not bothering me that bad but I remember when it did. Back in the late nineties, we lived in Bartlesville, OK. We wouldn't have a lot of bad snow storms then but when we did...Devin would be gone. Two years in a row he went off on his "Polar Bear" excursion leaving me alone with two active kiddo's. We would have the worst snowstorms of the year. I remember one year I lit the fireplace and the kids and I camped down in the living room listening to the Bradford Pears cracking and breaking from the heavy, wet snow. It didn't take long for me to put my foot down and say he needed to pick a different time of the year for his guy get away. When we lived in South Dakota we had lots of snow but few snow days. The snow had to be blowing so hard that you couldn't see to drive before they would shut down school there. You were also expected to send appropriate snow gear so your kid could go out at recess.
A snow day every now and then is enjoyable but day after day is wearing on a parent. I can't even begin to imagine what it would be like if the electricity was out too! The irony of these snow days is that everyone is out running around. We can get out to play but get to school? No, too dangerous! Of course, I'm all citified now and forget of all those that live out in the hills.
I'll leave you with something I found funny. When talking to my friend over in Tulsa she mentioned that one of the news anchors said that we needed to "hunker down". Ha Ha! I haven't heard that phrase in forever! Then when I was watching the national news the next day the weather anchor mentioned that we all needed to "hunker down". So that's it for me. I'm going to go "hunker down" for the night. Get my comfy cozies on and become the cat bed for the rest of the evening!
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