Being that I am a public school teacher, I live for a snow day.  Those words on the news at 5 AM, no matter what day of the week it is makes my life that much brighter.

Where I work they have been predicting snow all week.  First it was going to start on Wednesday night and be like 4-5 inches, (here in TN that is well over what is needed to close schools), then it was going to be early Thursday morning with 3 inches.  By the end of school today, I have completely lost hope that I will be out of school tomorrow.  Now they are saying it might start snowing around 10:30 tomorrow and might be about a half inch.  Since that is not enough to get us out of school, but enough to make my life a nightmare while trying to control 130 8th graders, I came home from work and refused to turn on the news.

Something most people don’t know about teachers, is that we don’t get paid for snow days.  I sign a contract and the contract has a certain number of “inclement weather days” built in.  In my district it is like 12.  In the last 5 years, we have never had more than 5 used.  That means at the end of the year, when the kids are the wilest, and I am the most exhausted, I am technically working for free.  That is just annoying.

The reason I want the day off so badly, other than it is one less day I work for free, is because my local yarn store wants to carry some of our KnitSacks.  Due to the fact that I have to work something like a 14 hour day at school, I typically don’t feel like sewing when I get home.  I was hoping to sew tomorrow while I was enjoying the snow, but now that looks like it won’t happen.  It would be ideal to have tomorrow off, because this local yarn store, Bliss Yarns in Brentwood, TN is open late on Thursdays for a Knit Night.It is my favorite night.  Great people, great conversation, and of course GREAT fiber. It is also great because it means I would only have to make the 30 minute drive once this week.

So anyway, just wishing for a snow day in order to enjoy my sewing machine, the cold weather, home made hot chocolate, and some much needed sleeping in.

Everyone do a snow dance…