Wednesday, February 4, 2009

White Out

I love white out. What's not to love? If you make a mistake, it fixes it. Random thought, I know. I say all that to say that yesterday I experienced another kind of white out--one that I did not like so much.

It started snowing about noon and held out steadily until the end of school. Not much was really sticking, so I wasn't too concerned. Soon after school, it started sticking and not looking so great. I had planned to stay to work until about 6, but Bryan said it would probably be best to head home.
When I walked out of the building, this is what I saw...

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I could barely see to get out of the parking lot. I couldn't tell the difference between the parking lot, grass, or curb. I turned out onto the road, barely made it a few feet and decided I was going to have to pull over and have Bryan come rescue me. The problem was, I couldn't see well enough to actually pull over. So I just kept trucking. The ride home was a little longer than normal, so I decided to shoot a little video on the way.


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It normally takes me 15 minutes to get home. It took about 2 1/2 hours to get home yesterday. I was losing my mind. Not only was it a very long time, it was very stressful because I'm not used to driving in the snow and people were acting like idiots.


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And unfortunately (never thought I'd say that) school is closed AGAIN today. This is the 8th day this year we have been off. I feel like we are going to year round school before too long if we miss many more days. Also, I have my big observation tomorrow and I REALLY need to be teaching. My kids have missed a full week of instruction now!

4 comments:

Alisha said...

Your commentary is so silly. I can't believe you have another day off.

Alisha said...

To clarify, I meant "silly" in a good, funny way. Just wanted to set the record straight so your other readers don't think I'm a jerk.

Lisa said...

I really can't imagine snow like that - or a 2.5 hour drive home. Miserable.

Amber said...

Glad it's you and not me...I know not too encouraging. I would probably hurt myself or someone else if I had to be locked up in my house for that many days!