In the Lou

I’m a good sport. But getting hoodwinked out of a day off twice in one year is a bummer.

I got a wake up call this morning at 5:53 a.m. My friend at school was calling to let me know that we were having another snow day. This was good news minus the fact that it took 3 hours to do a 1.5 hour drive last night to get to Jefferson City, Mo., where I’m going to be in training for two days. So while everyone is lounging around in sweatpants today, I’m going to be (more…)

Even though it was 70 degrees and sunny on Sunday, it is snowing like the dead of winter in St. Louis today. In fact, this is our biggest storm of the year. More than 8.5 inches has already blanketed the airport, the place of our official readings. Eating Ted Drewes while wearing short sleeves seems so long ago as I look out my window on a world of white.

The occurrence of this snow day means that, this week, I will not have been in my classroom for even one lesson. This is strange, but true. (more…)