it's cold outside

now for anyone who truly knows me they know i did not go into teaching for the vacations and days off and what have yous. i became a teacher because i love working with kids and i love seeing kids grow and develop and acquire new knowledge. i love to see what kids are like when they start school in september and then notice the awesome change that has happened when they leave in june. i love my job because each and every day i am given the opportunity to impact the lives of my students for the better. i have the chance to impact the people who will impact the generations to come. now that i've said that, i feel like i can talk about the last few days in my life.

the talk at school on monday, tuesday and wednesday was focused on one thing. a possible snow day. it had started snowing on monday while we were at school and the kids were hoping it would hold out and make the morning commute impossible and cancel school for tuesday. no soap there. tuesday everyone was slightly depressed that a snow day hadn't occurred and the focus turned to thursday. word on the street was it would be too cold for school. i quickly scoffed the idea of a "too cold day". i mean really, that hadn't happened since i was in like 8th grade and that was thanks to the old governor arnie carlson. i was completely convinced that we would not be seeing a day off from school at all. boy was i wrong :)

thursday morning i heard melissa's phone ring and then heard her bustling around. i assumed that we had both overslept and that school had just called her. she scurried into my bedroom and about that same time i realized that it was only 5:15 am. she was coming in to report the much awaited, secretely anticipated and hoped for day off from school. i couldn't believe it. i my stupor of sleep i was so ecstatic, although my response could have maybe said otherwise. as melissa left my room i proudly proclaimed (much like an 8 year old) "I asked God for this last night!"

our day was spent in the living room watching old episodes of felicity and sitting in our pajamas until about 4:00. yes, that's right 4:00 p.m. it was a beautiful thing. also, i drank coffee nearly all day and both melissa and i ate some of the christmas candy that we still have from students. i talked with my mom that night and she said that the next day was supposed to be even colder -- maybe we would have another day off. another day off, i thought, could it be so? and since we already had monday off for martin luther king jr. i was already thinking about the awesomeness of a five day weekend. could it happen though?

yes, yes it did. friday was another "too cold" day. melissa and i decided to brave the world friday though and go to the gym, and run other various errands. we still got a few episodes of felicity in though.

last night was a sister date. caroline, addie and i went to dinner and then came back to my place and we watched "the princess bride". some good times were had by all and there will be another sister date soon -- stay tuned.

and now i sit at panera on saturday afternoon. smack dab in the middle of my surprise five day weekend. i love my job.