Snow Days

One of the things that I have always looked forward to when I was in elementary, junior, and senior high schools was the possibility of a snow day. Now that I am a teacher -- wouldn't you know it -- I still look forward to the snow days in which I DON'T HAVE TO WORK!

I obviously don't get paid for those days (unless I take a sick day), but we are obligated to make those days up later on. But this week, in particular, it seems like we've been getting hit-up with wave after wave of snow storms. It all started last weekend, where it got so bad that we didn't even have school on Monday. On Tuesday, a 2-hour late start. Wednesday, a full-day of classes. Now today, another 2-hour late start due to 5-6 inches of snow that started yesterday afternoon.

I cannot complain, since I do have the opportunity to sleep in a little bit. Katie, on the other hand, who attends a tech school for cosmetology, has to go to school. She kept me up with her damn hair dryer, but other than that, I did manage to get a few zzz's in during the 2-hour late start.

SIDE NOTE: I also have the "prime" opportunity to ref middle school boy's basketball games. Good Lord. I haven't even watched an organized game of basketball in so damn long, even on TV -- sheesh. I KNOW the simple rules of basketball, but I had to do some research on the goofy hand signals that the refs make when there is a foul or a violation.

This should be fairly interesting...

...at least I'm getting paid!