I’ve have this gif of Lucy VanPelt (from Charle Brown) sitting with her crabby face, snow falling all around here, and the caption says, “This is bullsh*t”.
#pottymouth
Well, that’s what I’m feeling right now! We are in the midst of a Winter Weather Advisory for high winds and somewhere between 3″ – 6″ of snow! What in the world?
However, in someone’s slice earlier during the challenge, I heard the phrase “Fake Spring”, which I would absolutely agree that’s where we are right now. Three weeks ago tomorrow, we had a two hours delay because of snow. Then, the weather turned, hard. Robins showed up. Red-winged black birds arrived. The geese were flying in formation ALL over the place (funny side note, we’ve had corn planted near us, and the see those formations land on ground is a site to see). The snow pack we had around us is completely gone as we had many days where the temperature did not go below freezing. It wasn’t a rapid melt, so there was very limited flooding, always a good thing!
Farmers have been out in the fields, breaking the soil for planting which will be coming soon, which reminds me I need to get seeds started here! But that’s another slice! 🙂
#focusbigguy
It was too good to be true. Two years ago, we had a snow day in April. Last year, we were in the 30s until the end of March, so we all know better, but it has been SO beautiful outside. The ground is no long like walking to rock, which means the frost has thawed in our top soil. We had rain a couple of days ago, so I’m assuming much of frost in the sub-soil is almost gone if not all gone too.
So, the plan right now, if we were to cancel school. we’ll do virtual learning (which I heard that this option might be taken from us, because the “face to face good, virtual bad” crowd are starting to stick their “I’ve not been in school SINCE I graduated from school, thus I’m an expert” noses into education, again. This, like the seeds, could be another slice.
#butIdigress
Anyway, we’ll do a virtual day tomorrow, but it will be totally superintendents going on forecasts, because the bulk of the snow could come in the morning. The last time a storm came with predicted multiple inches of snow, they canceled the night before. At 10:20 PM CST, only a couple of schools have cancelled, which is problematic because now, it’s a 5:00 AM wake up call to see what needs to be prepped for the day.
#ugh
But, we’ll see. I’ve got a plan for what things will look like tomorrow, so it’s just a matter of loading things up and away we go. If not, we’ll have a fun-filled delay and work with what we are given. Like we always do! 🙂
So, what’s the weather like at your place? Is it a snow day? Delay? Or is it just another day in the life of a teacher? Either way, it’s never boring.
But some days, boring is good, right? 🙂
March 14, 2021 at 10:27 pm
Never boring – that’s the teacher t-shirt I need!
I’m SO bummed about the snow (here in Chicagoland) and we aren’t getting nearly the amount you are forecasted. Spring can’t get here soon enough!!
March 14, 2021 at 10:35 pm
Oh my gosh! I love a good snow storm, because we live in the country. The fury of a snow storm never boring, BUT I agree, spring cannot get here soon enough! 🙂
March 15, 2021 at 4:38 pm
I’ve watched the winter weather move from Slicers in Colorado out to you. Kinda makes me wonder if tomorrow’s rain out here will actually be snow. Hmmmm… I hope not! (Last week we were in the 70s and it was 29 degrees this morning, so one never knows!)
March 16, 2021 at 12:01 am
We had a foot of snow back in February, and three passes of ice storms which left everything covered in 2 inches of ice (divided in layers through the snow). Power went down and all the kids (and some teachers, like me) were so disappointed that we just kept going on with remote learning even though it was snowing. Snow is Western Oregon is usually light and quick in the valleys, and a storm like this would usually be good for three or four days off of school. Instead of kicking back by the big front windows with hot chocolate and a blanket, I had to teach, and then, figure out how to teach when my power went out, and then how to contact admin for help when my internet and cell service went out over and over and I could not even prep on my phone. It was quite exciting, but not very relaxing!