Today I am experiencing something I have never dealt with in my teaching career: a snow day. Of course, I enjoyed many snow days as a student growing up in New Jersey, usually taking full advantage of it by sledding, snowman building or preparing a snowball arsenal.
Before starting here in Boston, I've only taught in south Texas, where it's just a bit more temperate. Today, mere days away from the holiday season, the high in my old home in McAllen is 83 degrees. We did have a rain day once, shutting down schools because massive flooding cut off roads and knocked out power across town. It only snowed once in my five years there, but unless you were born and raised there, to call it anything more than a "light dusting" would be some egregious hyperbole.
I'm at a loss. Usually all of my non-vacation days off consist of severe sickness, necessary mental health days, or professional development. The only thing I could think to do was reach out for some suggestions. Help!
5 comments:
lol. Paint a picture. Watch a movie. Or go sledding. But don't... under any circumstances... do anything school related. You're in the northeast now- enjoy it :-)
Sorry - I just read your post. We were praying for a snow day this week, but it just didn't happen. Now it's officially Winter Break. I hope you enjoyed your day off and got the chance to recharge your batteries.
I'm dying to know what you ended up doing on your snow day!
I usually catch up on laundry and movie watching.
We had snow days on Friday and Monday, then had to come to school on the 23rd for one day before winter break. That wasn't the most productive of days.
Chris,
The same thing happened at my school!
Kate,
As far as what I did on Friday, after a slow start to the day, I went downtown to the library only to find it closing early due to the impending storm. I ended up heading to Coolidge Corner and hanging out in a cafe there until the weather got bad enough that I figured I should get home. So all in all very little was accomplished, but that's okay. It was fun and relaxing.
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