No school today.\u00c2\u00a0 But I’m not letting that deter me.\u00c2\u00a0 We’re having ‘school with mom’ instead.\u00c2\u00a0 When I told the kids this, my oldest was dismayed, but my youngest thought it would be fun.\u00c2\u00a0 Now that we’ve be at it this morning, my youngest doesn’t think its so much fun anymore (but hopefully it will get better for him).\u00c2\u00a0 I’m having fun, though.\u00c2\u00a0 I love teaching.<\/p>\n
Its been a long time since the schools have had to close.\u00c2\u00a0 In fact, its the first time the schools have\u00c2\u00a0closed for the day in\u00c2\u00a0over 20 years (see article here<\/a>).<\/p>\n This is the worst\u00c2\u00a0blizzard\u00c2\u00a0to hit Saskatoon since 1955 (see article here<\/a>).\u00c2\u00a0 I was talking to my dad last night and asking him when was the last time he saw a blizzard like this.\u00c2\u00a0 He said January 2-3, 1973, which happens to be\u00c2\u00a0when I was born (January 3).\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, I was born during a blizzard.\u00c2\u00a0 (I wonder if that means anything. \ud83d\ude42 ).\u00c2\u00a0 There were a few thoughts running through my mind yesterday, one of them being “I’m sure glad I’m not at work and\u00c2\u00a0having to plow through snow and traffic to\u00c2\u00a0pick\u00c2\u00a0my kids up from school.”<\/p>\n But there was no way for me to pick up my kids when the schools closed early.\u00c2\u00a0 Thank goodness its only 5 1\/2 blocks away.\u00c2\u00a0 They had to walk home in -36 windchill, but they made it with no frozen ears, hands or toes, just rosy cheeks.\u00c2\u00a0 They were real troopers, but my youngest thought the winds were going to blow him away.\u00c2\u00a0 JHe said, “Mom, this is a day that could kill me!”\u00c2\u00a0 I’m glad we don’t have to leave the house today.<\/p>\n This will be a blizzard to remember for a long time.\u00c2\u00a0 I am very thankful for a warm house where I can sit with my hot cup of tea and stare out the window at the -40 world outside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No school today.\u00c2\u00a0 But I’m not letting that deter me.\u00c2\u00a0 We’re having ‘school with mom’ instead.\u00c2\u00a0 When I told the kids this, my oldest was […] Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}