the snow day miracle

first thing out of C's mouth this morning. There was more miracle talk when the weather came on and they started in with more snow coming tonight. So a snow miracle??!? Not really quite sure it qualifies as a miracle but whatever....
While my class was technically cancelled the teacher sent out the word she wanted us there at 10 ready to start on the exam. So I went and did what she assigned then found the rest of it online to be finished before noon tomorrow & I have plans to finish it tomorrow morning in my pajamas & slippers with my morning coffee. Isn't technology grand?
David dropped C over at his mother's house for the day so he could play Wii and probably eat pizza or Mickey D's for lunch as well as various & sundry other bits of junk food throughout the day. Not exactly the most productive use of a day off but what are 'ya going to do? I think perhaps the full snow day today might have been a waste especially if we get the snow they are calling for tonight and really need a snow day tomorrow. I don't know I realize it can be a difficult decision, can't please all of the people all of the time etc however I think they could have managed with just a delay this morning. They never do delays here for some reason I just don't know what that reason might be.

snow day dance

The early dismissal was kind of nice. I napped. After C finished his homework I broke rules and let him play PS2on a weekday so I could nap. It was a good thing. Tonight finds him wishing, hoping and praying hard for a snow day tomorrow. We have made him go to bed regular time just in case but I am thinking it will be an icy mess tomorrow morning so they will call school. I would prefer they do it before I go to bed but no big deal I suppose I am usually up fairly early. I do have an exam myself in the morning that I am wondering about. The snow event 2 weeks ago gave us a 2 hour delay cancelling class so I suppose that the same is likely for us tomorrow but I have studied just in case. I thankfully have signed up for text alerts so any delays will go right to my phone no need to hover around the tv,radio or computer for an update. Growing up my brother & I would use our back porch as the snow gauge and depending on how high it was on the ledge we would analyse the likelihood of a 1 hour delay, a 2 hour delay or a cancellation.

need to rethink my snow event protocol

rather I need to figure out what my snow event protocol is and then perhaps rethink it. As it started to snow and stick I kept checking the news sites for school closures and by the time they called it I had already decided to head west and fetch the kid. I had called daycare earlier and confirmed that they would have the bus out to collect the kids from school which was good because(bad mother alert) I have no flipping idea what I wrote on the emergency card as to what C should be doing in an emergency. He could get picked up by several folks including myself or he can take the bus home although he does not have a key so maybe not a great idea, there is a friend's house the next street over that he could go to if he were to ride the bus, assuming, that they are home. So fine, finally Knox calls it for 12.30 however I did not have enough time to get him & notify the aftercare van that I did have him in fact if I could have gotten him first. Soooo I went to this daycare and wound up waiting almost an hour for him there. Quite honestly the scariest road conditions were the road & driveway of the daycare. And I had to wait almost an hour till he got there. A wasted hour at that! I should have stayed at work and done some work, or taken my lunch with me and had that while waiting, or if I had brought my textbook with me this morning I could have got some study time in which brings me to my next question my exam at 9.10 wonder if that will happen, safe bet C won't have school but will I?

where are the toes?

I was shopping the other day at what may or may not have been the big box retailer with a red bulls eye for a logo, walked past a display of socks and thought oh how cute I need some pink stripey socks. Normally I don't do much sock wearing but with micro lab we have to wear shoes that cover not only toes but the back of the foot so I am wearing socks at least twice a week these days. So cute socks, bought socks, brought home socks, went to put socks on and they were toe-less? Or are they(shock & horror) leg warmers? What is the point? file under waste of money!

when on earth did I become a bag lady?

seriously it took me two trips to get to the car this morning-it's ridiculous.
1. my purse. It's a larger purse I carry a lot of crap, I can get by with the cute little purse for an evening out but normal everyday I need a bag. Even when C was a baby I carried a diaper bag & a purse. I tried the whole toss everything in the diaper bag it did not work for me. And really the idea of a Kate Spade or Coach crack me up, these are diaper bags people! have you seen what comes out of babies-from either end-it is not pretty and my utilitarian green canvas diaper bag worked fabulous, plastic coated and easy to clean. It was also unisex so David did not need a special "Daddy" bag
2. My cute Nine West tote(courtesy of Ross) with my textbook, notebook & binder plus some water for my lecture this morning.
3. another tote a freebie from a movie studio(courtesy of John and his swag purge at the Christmas party) with my lab text, binder, lab coat & goggles for class this evening.
4. a cute Ralph Lauren tote(also courtesy of Ross) with enough junk I probably don't need to be lugging around but an equal amount of junk I very well may need so I carry it to work every day
5. and last but not least a World Market canvas tote with my lunch, something to drink and my stash of plastic silverware

Haz-mat? really?

for chicken wing sauce? kind of make think twice about ordering buffalo wings

I am just not that interesting..

so after coming up with 25 random facts on facebook I got tagged for another 8 by Random Ramblings ack! okay here goes and yes I will most likely repeat some but I think I can manage more than a few new randomnesses(hmm spell check saying this word is good)

1. when we were dating my horoscope one Sunday read something along the lines of the letters D & Y will have significance in your life. Coincidentally David's initials. It was a NY paper so I don't think he paid anyone off or anything but I wish I had saved that paper. That was not the reason I married him.
2. I am horrible about letting friendships fade however I must make friends with similar sorts of people because they weren't exactly keeping in touch either. I love FB because I have reconnected with folks. With some we have picked up right where we left off, others whom I never had anything much to do with in high school seem to be becoming fast new friends and a few other I would have considered some of my really good friends are content not to rekindle much at all.
3. I am addicted to Target. Seriously I bet other customers would recognize me. hell if I walked in wearing red & khaki people would totally think I worked there.
4. for as much trashy television that I like to watch I really like to read a lot. In fact I frequently have 2 books going at once except when school is in session I find books to distracting and switch to magazines
5. I wish I had been able to stay home longer with C when he was a baby but I think I would have been crap at the SAHM gig. I was blessed with a helpful MIL(even in all her craziness) and a husband who spent a year as Mr Mom
6. I only moved down south for a year, just out of curiosity, A year in TN. That was almost 17 years ago I suppose I'll stay
7. I absolutely love going out to breakfast or brunch and rarely do. Life gets in the way all to frequently.
8. my favorite Saturdays are the ones where we spend the day in pajamas and watch bad movies. Sometimes I think I could be totally happy as a hermit.
not going to tag anyone specific but please join in the reindeer games if you wish

and so it begins

C is on the verge of becoming a clothes horse. He loves shopping for new clothes & shoes. We can go shopping for a suit and he finds 3 or 4 tee shirts he absolutely needs as well. For a very long time I would just shop for him but as he is getting older & bigger he has to come along to try things on plus generally speaking let him pick out what he wants to wear. I have never understood his desire for tee shirts that have something snarky to say about a sibling mainly because well he doesn't have one and at this point is not going to get one but whatever floats your boat I suppose. Anywho I have visions of just a few years from now dropping him and the mall with pricey shopping excursions to Buckle & Hollister or whatever happens to be trendy at that point in time. Just this past weekend his MeeMaw was discussing how she was just going to get him his own credit card so he can go shopping. Funny except she was serious, David contends there is probably already a credit card with the kid's name on it somewhere at this point. Regardless I thought we had a couple of years but this morning I got a request for a specific Northface jacket he was wanting.....let the shopping games begin

the cat whisperer

he lives across the street. And he walks his cats or rather lets the cats stroll around the yard on a fairly regular basis. It is really amazing the cats seem very well behaved and content to traipse around the front yard with no real evidence that they would bolt off. Cars don't seem to bother them and even the time Oscar managed to escape the fence they just hung out and ignored him. Oscar of course ran off to roam the neighborhood..he's a social sort of pup.

at the end of the day he is a Dad

in one of those regardless of your political opinions I thought this letter from Jenna & Barbara Bush to Sasha & Malia Obama was really sweet.

" although it's an honor and full of so many extraordinary opportunities, it isn't always easy being a member of the club you are about to join. Our dad, like yours, is a man of great integrity and love; a man who always put us first. We still see him now as we did when we were seven: as our loving daddy. Our Dad, who read to us nightly, taught us how to score tedious baseball games. He is our father, not the sketch in a paper or part of a skit on TV. Many people will think they know him, but they have no idea how he felt the day you were born, the pride he felt on your first day of school, or how much you both love being his daughters. So here is our most important piece of advice: remember who your dad really is."

you can read the rest of it here