Year 2 - Day 240 - August 29

This is the current BGE outage dot map for our area (2:46pm). We, luckily, are that white space where there is no outage dot. However, most of the lights are still out in our area and driving is a pain in the butt. I am curious to see what the power is like in Cecil County so they can hurry up and make a decision about school tomorrow. I am happy to go to work, but I would be unhappy if I have to find out about NOT going at 5am!

Year 2 - Day 53 - February 22

4 days ago, I wore short sleeves two days in a row.  Today I'm home for a snow day with 6 inches of snow on the ground.  Silly February.

I know that if summer disappeared a month early, I'd be horrified, but really - with a month to go in this season, I'm ok with it disappearing for good! :)

Year 2 - Day 26 - January 26

We woke up to a winter wonderland this morning.  Last forecast before going to bed was that we'd wake up to rain which would eventually change to snow in the late afternoon.  Oops! Too bad, too sad, weather forecasters of the world!  We originally had a 2 hour delay, but with the late start the snowplows got, I guess they couldn't keep up with the roads.  Eventually they changed to being closed.  And now it's afternoon and snowing again...

Year 2 - Day 18 - January 18

Yesterday I read a quick blurb in the paper that we might get some freezing rain overnight, so I took my phone upstairs with me just in case.  I was crossing my fingers for a delay, but didn't really think it would happen.  Imagine my surprise when I woke up to find out we didn't just have a delay, but a whole day off.  The world around us was completely encased in ice this morning.  It looked like water, but every drop was frozen solid.  By about 10am, there was enough warmth to at least move in the direction of slush, which greatly helped the driveway & sidewalk cleaning!  I was MUCH more productive today than any other day this weekend.  I got a bunch of grading done, I wrote a paper for a class I'm taking, and I managed some relaxation time too.  Very excellent day, indeed.

Day 335 - December 1

I have previously shared how quickly water can seep into my classroom.  Today, it looked like this at 8:45 in the morning.  It eventually made it past the wheels that you can see on the bottom of that cart.  The worst part is knowing how much grossness must be under this carpet, considering the water comes in and makes the carpet "squishy" on such a regular basis.  I often wonder if there is mold under there that makes me so sniffly every week.  I don't have as many problems when we have a long weekend or vacation.  Just something I'll always wonder, I guess...

Jan 23, day 23

Full disclosure- I took this on Thursday! I visited the new school of an old student I've kept in touch with. It was really fun. Luckily a mom of a current student works there so she arranged it and helped me out. He was excited to show off his new digs! He's been through a lot in the last 5 years so it's good to know he's in a good place.

Day 20

See this??? It's when my alarm is set for tomorrow!! That's 30 minutes AFTER I usually GET to work! I have to be in essex in the morning, so I get to sleep in. We celebrated by staying up til 10. :)