It's Getting Ridiculous

So far, in 2014, William and Daniel have had exactly one half day of school, a sixth of what they should have had by now. It's all about the weather. But not always about the same kind of weather.

Last Thursday and Friday it was snow, which is was we usually expect, and which is why we call these days "snow days" and the work that the boys keep at home to avoid having an extra day tacked onto the end of the year "Blizzard Bags."

But today there was no blizzard. There was rain, and a high temperature right here at the house of 50 degrees. In the morning, when the busses run, this created icy conditions that lasted, in some parts of the district, until late in the morning, and so the Superintendent had to cancel school. There really was no choice.

But after a vacation that lasted twelve days, I was ready for the boys to go back to school so that I could get more writing done. And, well, half a day doesn't count.

I have higher hopes for tomorrow, because although it's going to get cold again and what's left of our snow will have turned to hard ice, the roads should be clear for the busses. And we're not expecting any precipitation again until, well, the next rain.

This has been one crazy winter, and it's barely begun.