A.G.A.I.N.

I wonder how long this can last…got the call (not unexpected) at 4PM that school would be closed tomorrow. 

We got out of the house to go to Chuck E Cheese for Addison’s birthday.  All the kids had fun and the only downside is that Addison wouldn’t let Chuck E.  come to the table.  But when we got there at 11:45, the place was empty.  we had our choice of table and games.  By the time we left around 2:45 it was much busier but it was still nice.

We’ve had a rough afternoon home.  3 of the 4 kids have fevers and I have gone through 2 bottles of liquid motrin in the last 3 days.  Tonight I am going to have to teach Logan to swallow pills – that ought to be fun!

It is my youngest girl’s 4th birthday today.  She has been a part of our family almost 2 years!  I can’t believe how far she has come in that short period of time.

I can’t believe how she has changed and grown.  I can’t believe that this baby whose first instinct was to cry and complain has become a beautiful, sensitive and sweet little girl – who’s first instinct is first to cry!

…complete!  Took about 45 minutes.  Riley and I worked well together.  It looks like the snow has finally stopped so hopefully we will be able to start the digging out.  I hear that school is already cancelled for northern VA for Monday and Tuesday – and the extended forecast is for more snow on Tuesday.  I might lose my mind!

Well, maybe it won’t be so bad afterall.  It’s been raining pretty consistenly the last couple of hours.  So, instead of accumulating snow, we now have almost no snow.  The big issue will be if it freezes overnight!

Yup, we are getting hit again.  Two.weekends. in.a.row.  Can you say annoying?  This isn’t why I moved South (notice that capital “S”).  After last weekend, we had school cancelled on Monday…. on Tuesday…on Wednesday.  Finally the kids had school on Thursday – two hours late! – and mid-way thru the day they sent an email out asking how they would contact us if they had to send them home early today.  As we went home last night Riley was sure that school would be cancelled today.  I was all – NO WAY! They will try and start the day so they can count it in the 180 days of school and not have to have a make up day. 

This morning I woke up and there was not a flake on the ground nor moisture in the air.  On a whim, I decided to check the internet list – and lo and behold….CANCELLED!

So, I dropped them off at the daycare and ran into work.  Got all of the things I need to write my article.  It started snowing and so I got into the car to run to the other hospital to see a couple of patients …as I was getting to the other hospital the daycare called – they were closing at 1:00.  It has been consistently been coming down since then. 

This is more worrisome snow than last weekend.  It was so cold last weekend that the snow was dry and light.  This is wet and heavy.  All of the tree branches are hanging over.  I see alot of people losing power.  We usually do pretty well because the power lines are underground where I live but…

We are under a storm warning until 6 PM tomorrow night.  Pray for me.

AAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHH

We are entering into our 3rd snow day this week.  The forecast for tonight is for some freezing rain and snow.  At 3 PM it was cloudy and they called school for tomorrow.  The roads are nearly all cleared – except for some patches of snow/ice on the neighborhood roads – the most we are supposed to get is an inch.  I mean really people…why not wait to see if we actually get some snow or ice and then cancel – or more realistically delay opening until mid-morning – since it is supposed to be mid 40’s tomorrow. 

But….NOOOOOOOO

We’ll cancel school totally.  The good news is that the daycare has been plowed and open from 7 AM Monday morning.

Well, the snow continued all day yesterday.  We stayed in and watched it fall.  Addison wanted to go out in it but the wind and howling snow were not enticing to me…(and it’s all about me anyway right?! – and the snow wasn’t the reason I moved South!)

But, luckily, this morning dawned sunny with a blue sky and crisp air without windchill.  I did a little food prep and made about 60 waffles.  Around 10:30 I got up and got the girls dressed and got my boots on.  Riley got up from the computer and came out with me and started helping me shovel.  We borrowed another shovel from a neighbor and started.  It took about 1 1/2 hours.  After about 1 hour, I D*R*A*G*G*E*D Matthew out there too.  He was none too happy about it but I finally got him to use the shovel like a snow plow and kept him out with me until I finished. 

It actually was warm shoveling with the sun shining.  Hopefully the rest of the cars and the driveway will melt before tonight.