Can I just say how ready I am to bid farewell to this year's never-ending winter season? Ugh. I like pretty, white snow as much as the next guy (gal), but really, this is bordering on ridiculous. I failed to take a picture (at this point, who really wants more snow pictures??), but yesterday we again got a blanket of snow! Snow. On March 18. :(
To make things worse, I was dreaming of warmer temps and recalling how lovely the weather was last year at this time. (I remember quite clearly, as I was home with Elise and enjoying the gorgeous days). This picture was taken on year ago (March 17 to be exact) . . . Check out the green grass, blue sky, and SHORTS!
Tomorrow the calendar tells us that spring is here . . . I will believe it when I see/feel it. It's predicted to be around ZERO with windchill tomorrow.
And while I am being a Debbie Downer, let me just document my day today:
• As I was just about to wake Braden to get him dressed (and then Elise too!) so that we could scoot out the door (actually a bit early!) today, the phone rang. Yep, 7:15. It's never a good phone call at 7:15 am. . . Our daycare provider was calling to let me know her child was sick and that she needed to close for the day. This is totally understandable, but seriously?? I find this out at 7:15. I have to be in my classroom at 7:45. Thankfully, my dear mom graciously agreed to fill in (upon receiving my Oh Snap! SOS call) and ran right over. Thanks, Mom!!!! (yes, this warrants extra exclamation points, Allison)
• Due to our all school spring music concert later this week, our music class times have been altered/rearranged and our classroom schedule is a mess (I think only teachers will get how crazy this can be). It didn't dawn on me till I got to work that since our music class today was cancelled and switched to tomorrow, that meant we had NO SPECIALS at all today. (Specials = education speak for the extra classes during which kids leave the classroom and teachers have prep time -- like music, PE, art, etc.). Let me tell you, we teachers LOVE our specials, especially with report cards due on Friday. So yeah, a day of NO specials is pretty much a day of NO breaks.
• Add on to that, (only teachers will get this one too), today is the cycle day in which I have 2 recess duties. They cut our morning recess this year, so that means that during my only 2 break times of the day, I had to bundle up in my big ol' coat, scarf, and gloves and head out into the wind to freeze - not once, but twice today. I am all for recess and fresh air, and I usually don't really mind duty, but on days like this I question the notion that really, truly, why did I work so hard to earn that master's degree to work in a profession where I can be forced to go outside and FREEZE multiple times a day? (If Mother Nature would wake up and realize that it is MARCH 19, this one might not have been so horrid.)
• Finally, here I am at 8:15pm, working in my classroom to complete my report cards. Well, clearly, I am not actually working on them right this second, but I needed a break (I mean, I didn't get one all day, right?). Sadly, gone are the days where I can take schoolwork home and expect to accomplish anything. (As they should), my family
How's that for a hum-dinger of a day?
So - SPRING? Are you ready to arrive? Because I sure am ready for you! I am just hoping that by the time our "spring break" (which this year amounts to Friday/Monday off over Easter weekend), it will actually feel like spring. I kinda feel sorry for all of those teachers and kiddos who are off for spring break this week. (I said kinda.)
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