The Malicious Monocle

  Today had all of the makings of an awesome day. There was a high chance of a snow day and I’d ended up watching the BBC feed on the primary results rather late. No snow day. To be fair, the roads weren’t looking all that bad this morning, but everyone knew the bad weather was still coming. By 10 this morning it was clear that the weather was going to be really bad by the end of the school day. Maybe we would be given a half-day? Nope.

The snow came and it came down really hard. It came and it came and it came. The windows of the classroom were almost completely covered by the blowing snow. School started without about half the students absent. About half of those left over the course of the day as well as parents came and picked them up. Then it took me over a half an hour to dig my car out of the parking lot which hadn’t been plowed at all during the day. Well, except for during the last period when some students were taken outside to shovel and clear off cars. Unfortunately it didn’t look like they did the lot I was parked in.

Sitting at home wasn’t on my list of things to do tonight, but that’s exactly what I’ve done. Well, except for the time I’ve spent outside digging my car out of the driveway where it was stuck when I got home and then clearing the driveway as well. With the shoveling I haven’t even managed to get any work done on my lesson plans. There’s still a couple of hours though, so I may yet get somewhere.

Grr. I hope tomorrow goes better than today did.

One kind of nice thing. I found out the science teacher in my house is married to a guy I kind of knew back in High School. He’s a professional artist now. I’m always seeing a painting of his at my favorite coffee shop. I wonder if he recalls who I am.