Its official. Thank you Mother Nature. You have now sealed my childrens fate. They will now be in school until July.
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!
If you watch the news at all, then you will have noticed that my state (and the ones huddled up against it) has been shivering under a blanket of snow and extreme temperatures.
The temp today? -30
The windchill today? -45
School today? CLOSED
Let me back it up a few days...
Monday: CLOSED - Snow, wind, blizzard conditions, extreme cold
Tuesday: 2 hours late - Snow, wind, extreme cold
Wednesday: 2 hours late - wind, extreme cold
Thursday: CLOSED - there are no words for how cold it is
Friday is almost guaranteed to be either late or closed - however it is supposed to "warm up" to zero I believe...
One week of messed up days wouldn't normally affect the end of the year, but this is not even the beginning of late and cancelled school days.
The week before Christmas for instance... Monday they were two hours late because of snow. Friday they were two hours late because of wind and snow. The week before that, and so on and so on, they have missedadnauseum at minimum 2 hours a week since Thanksgiving.
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!
If you watch the news at all, then you will have noticed that my state (and the ones huddled up against it) has been shivering under a blanket of snow and extreme temperatures.
The temp today? -30
The windchill today? -45
School today? CLOSED
Let me back it up a few days...
Monday: CLOSED - Snow, wind, blizzard conditions, extreme cold
Tuesday: 2 hours late - Snow, wind, extreme cold
Wednesday: 2 hours late - wind, extreme cold
Thursday: CLOSED - there are no words for how cold it is
Friday is almost guaranteed to be either late or closed - however it is supposed to "warm up" to zero I believe...
One week of messed up days wouldn't normally affect the end of the year, but this is not even the beginning of late and cancelled school days.
The week before Christmas for instance... Monday they were two hours late because of snow. Friday they were two hours late because of wind and snow. The week before that, and so on and so on, they have missed
Its only January. We are not even in our snowiest month here on the prairie. March guarantees at least 3-5 days of late/no school.
So if I add it up, and believe me when I say I have already lost track, I forsee us sending our little snow balls to school much into June (our last scheduled day of school is May 29).
The pile of snow in my front yard next to my driveway? It is already well over 8-10' high. Mostly from piling up what fell on our driveway, as well as drifting (we probably only have 12-15" on the ground). That little mountain will probably be there until the 4th of July too.
Mother Nature and your cold bitter friend Old Man Winter... Bite me. I have had it with both of you. I have always defended you, always stood proud against your snowy abominations, singing your praises of hot flash relief, but this is going a little overboard dontchathink?
It is only January 15th, you have three more months to mess with us - can you give us a little break every now and then?
They cancelled school for today last night (and yet my kids were still up at the crack of dawn!), and they had an early out on Monday that was a whole lot of nothing. We're going to be early June before school is done for the year, too.
ReplyDelete(And here's another 'it gets better' moment - no school tomorrow due to in-service that was already scheduled, and early out next Wednesday because they do that every other Wednesday - and want to do it EVERY WEDNESDAY next year)
Am rambling...must go entertain the screaming masses now!
We have Monday off for in service, and the following Wednesday is a 1/2 day for in service also! I TELL YA!
ReplyDeletewe will probably off tomorrow ( - 10 degrees) and WE will officially be in school until JULY as well. I'm sure.
ReplyDeletedang.
I don't get it. Why do they close for extreme cold? Sorry to be daft.
ReplyDeleteWe were at about 10 degrees here today, and I considered teaching my dog how to use the toilet.
Wishing you warmth!
At least your original last scheduled day is in May. Our kids go until mid June anyway, so any added days push us into the end of June, which I can't stand.
ReplyDeleteGotta love winter. Well, it's either that or cry all the time. Stay warm!
Hey Pally...remember me? Dang, girl. Just when I thought I was on my way to thawing out, I went outside. The thermometers? They lie! It doesn't feel much better out there today than it did last week--seriously! All I want to do is hibernate. This sort of reminds me of the winters when I was an elementary school-aged kid. Yes, I know...WAY back then. It was awful then; it's worse now. Older bones and joints and all! :)
ReplyDeleteBy the way, my blogroll says you have a post titled "Walking on air" but I'm not seeing it???
Have a good week, Pally!
we have not had one snow day, not one. i think we should get something because the steps out of my house are so coated in ice its unfair to expect me to leave the house.
ReplyDeleteI'm scared to even wite this... please don't hate me I'm just the messenger, but it's been so warm here these past couple of weeks that T asked me if it was summer.
ReplyDeleteI'm only saying this because it is very strange weather indeed. We're heading into another heavy drought year though so it's not just sunshine and roses.