SNOW DAY!

You start to feel the excitement a day or so in advance. The "s" word is in the forecast. But knowing how inexact the science of meteorology is, you try not to hope. You stay up late, listening to the news - but no cancellations yet. The morning finally comes after a restless night - "will there be school?" Unlike other mornings, when the alarm sounds this morning, you leap from the bed, running to the window to peer out. Snow? Yes - I see some!! You fumble for the tv remote, struggling to find the local channel. But they're interviewing a veterinarian at the moment. So you rush to the computer, feverishly starting it up, cursing the gods at Comcast for taking so long to connect. Where is that bookmark for the "Snowbird" report - ah...Down the list of school closings, faster, faster - AHA! YES!! It's a snow day!!

A scene from a school child's life this morning here in the Scenic City? Perhaps. But one also repeated in the home of school teachers and staff throughout the area. Sorry, parents, I sympathize that you must now scramble for child care or, heaven forbid, have to put up with your own offspring for an entire day. But we who are privileged to spend every day with them, molding and crafting their personas, well, we deserve an unplanned, unscheduled day off.

For me? I'm baking banana bread right now, watching the Today show and drinking too much coffee. Perhaps I'll work out. Perhaps I'll shovel the walk. Perhaps I'll take some photos of this all-too-rare occasion. Better yet, perhaps I'll catch up on my blogging. Got lots to comment on! But now, back to the newspaper!