Snow Day....take two

It's Official...there is snow on the ground! Ok...so it's only really about an inch or two at most, but all the schools have closed for today in Middle Tennessee. It's kind of pretty outside....people are still trying to go out and about (I don't even want to think about the road conditions just yet, especially with TN drivers...) but it's nice because it reminds me of home.

I miss the snow. While I'm not always a huge fan of biting cold....I really do miss the snow. I miss the skiing (the Clarence Ski Club--Deedle convinced me to sign up!), the hot chocolate, the snowball wars, and during that fun 7ft. snowstorm of 2001....I miss digging a tunnel! (Granted, the ceiling fell on poor Megan...hehe...but what a sight that was!!)

It's these times that I look back and I remember all the fun I had as a child....and I look forward to making those kinds of memories with my children (it might be a few years...but that's alright!)...although I already know that we won't get much snow at all when we move to Atlanta!

Speaking of Atlanta....I'm headed there for the weekend! I have a student competing in the Atlanta Irish Music Competition in Alpharetta, GA (just north of Atlanta) and so we're off this afternoon :) I have to get some laundry done before we leave, so I'd better get going!!

~KMB

Snow Day????

I still can't get over this-- today, most schools are closed in middle TN for a snow day...but the kicker??? THERE'S NO SNOW!! I live in Davidson Co. (this is the county that Nashville is located in).....it is one of maybe five counties in TN that did NOT close for a snow day, because someone (who obviously was able to look out the window and think logically) said, "Let's not close school until there's ACTUALLY snow!"

Ok...so the one thing since moving down to TN that I will never get used to is Tennesseans' stupid reactions to a snow forecast. Maybe I'm just used to lots of snow, but if snow is pretty much even whispered in a forecast, most schools are closing and people start freaking out! I generally like to wait until there is actually something to freak out about...but that's just me.

However, this does put me in something of a quandry. I teach on Thursdays in a nice little place outside of Nashville called Hermitage. (Yes, it's just down the road from President Andrew Jackson's historic home). But I digress. Anyways, the area of Hermitage where I teach sits on the border of Davidson Co. and Wilson Co....and a lot of my students are split down the middle as far as which county they go to school in. So, now the question becomes...because Wilson Co. schools closed but Davidson Co. did not, do I too, cancel for the day or go and teach?? I go and teach! (Especially since there's NO SNOW!) I'm just not looking forward to calling all the parents to convince them that it's ok to venture out and we're still on for today....ah well....such is life.