1. Wake up at regular
time of 5:15.
2. Watch the
news. At 5:23, see that my school is
cancelled. Wait for the official call.
3. And wait… and wait
… and wait … Get a text from a coworker.
Both of us are like, "WTF?"
4. Phone call from
school comes at 6:10:00 and again at 6:10:20.
Get another text from coworker.
Both of us are like, "WTF?"
5. Go back to
sleep. Wake up at 7:45. Refuse to get out of bed until 8:15. So there.
6. Get on Internet
while watching the news. Trying to get a
handle on the storm. So far it's
paltry. Lame ass storm.
7. Have Irish
breakfast tea.
8. Have an English
muffin. Apparently I am going
international this morning.
9. Do some computer
work. Check on this super lame-ass
storm. At 10:00 I am thinking we should've
had a half day of school.
10. Start working on
school stuff. Make myself a smoothie
according to my daughter-in-law's instruction (she knows these things). Smoothie is a lovely green. I add a strawberry and a dollop of
honey. Now smoothie looks more brownish
than greenish. I drink half of it. I am trying to be healthy, I truly am. I consider it a victory that I actually made
and sipped the thing. Needs tequila, but
I resist.
11. I check outside
again. Holy crap, it's snowing and blowing
out there. If it were a half day, I'd be
driving in this shit. If it were a whole
day, I'd be screwed. Thank you,
Superintendent. I love you today; however,
I will curse you and all of your family in June.
12. Screw
healthy. I heat up leftover pulled pork
and make myself a monster sandwich. Life
is good.
13. Work work work
work! Gotta post grades Friday. Correcting open responses. My eyes are ready to fall out.
14. I continue to
look outside and check the weather. I
still don't believe the meteorologists.
Screw you, snow.
15. I watch an old
episode of Judging Amy. I have no idea why. I never watched it when it was on for real.
16. I decide to be
healthy again and get out some low fat dip, carrots, cukes, yellow pepper, and
Wheat Thins. I have this with a glass of
white wine from a bottle that has flip flops on it. Come on, summer, I'm rooting for you.
17. The snow is
turning to rain. I'd better shovel. Out I go.
18. Two and a half
hours, one back ache, two sore ankles, and soaking wet gloves, coat, snow
pants, and everything underneath later, I am done shoveling and moving
cars. My life sucks.
19. I immediately
peel off anything and everything I am wearing that is drenched. This allows me to shed about 25 pounds
because I have become completely water-logged from the rain, the snow, and
sweat. Into the shower for like
forty-five minutes because I cannot move.
I think my shoulders have locked up.
20. More correcting,
more wine.
21. Damnit. I have to get up and work in the
morning. More wine more wine more
wine. Okay, not really because there
were only two glasses of wine left in the bottle when I started this. I wish for more wine. I gaze longingly at the flip flops on the
label. Save me, white wine, save me, save
me!
22. Time to write the
blog. Transfer some pictures from my
phone to prove I am telling the truth, which I do not always do.
23. Cut up some
strawberries for tomorrow's lunch. No,
it will not be a smoothie, but I'm trying.
Damnit.
24. Plug in my phone
because I forgot to charge it before I went out to shovel.
25. Get to bed
sometime before midnight because I have to get up at 5:15 and the weather
people say it's going to snow again overnight.
All this and I have to remember to wear pink or red because
it's Valentine's Day. Have a happy and
safe one, folks. And if you happen to
see any Flip Flop wine, remember how much I love you … and how much you love me
… and bring me a bottle.
