Why I Love Snow Days

So I thought before everyone thinks I hate my job I should explain my obsession with snow days. It has nothing to do with my job. I love my job, I adore my students, and I work with the best teachers ever! So why would I want a snow day so very badly?

I love snow days because a snow day is an unplanned day off. Emphasis on the UNPLANNED! On my regular days off, like weekends, long weekends, and national Holidays, I am already booked. I have laundry, and rides and social engagements that usually involve the children. There are forms to fill out, bills to track down, a kitchen to clean and rides. As a matter of fact, there is always something to clean. Or something I "should" be cleaning because it's my day off and this is the only time I can get it done. And did I mention RIDES! And there is this time bomb ticking called "going back to work" which means I will feel guilty if I put my feet up to read a book. Or write on my blog. Or just stare into space for awhile. (That's why I think in my van.) If I do those other things someone won't have socks tomorrow for school, the kitchen won't be clean for dinner prep after school, that one messy closet will be horrific until the last child leaves, (she's ten)!!!! And don't forget that in between all of those things that need to be done, there is swing choir practice for the boys, or musical practice, or robotics for the 12 year old, or dance class for the 10 year old. RIDES, RIDES, RIDES! (You are now in a corner in the fetal position sucking your thumb and rocking, am I right?)

But SNOW DAYS! Beautiful, beautiful snow days. EVERYTHING IS CANCELLED! NO AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES BECAUSE: NO SCHOOL! NO DANCE! NO SWING CHOIR! NO ROBOTICS! See how excited I get. All caps excited! Best of all because the day is unplanned. I don't have to clean that closet because I should be at work. I didn't plan on not being at work, so hey, I think I will have that extra cup of coffee, and yes, give me some Bailey's in it because I ain't going nowhere! I am so free that I can use double negatives on a snow day! I don't have to correct my grammar because on a snow day I don't even have to adult. In fact on a snow day the most adult thing I do is make my kids cinnamon rolls when they all roll out of bed at noon rubbing their eyes and yelling SNOW DAY! After that, they are on their own. "Mom, can I have Hot Fries for lunch?" Knock yourself out kids, mama is eating sponge candy and reading cooking magazines!

Okay, so I have to admit it is not all Shangri La on snow days, I always do laundry. Pretty much every day. But it may only be three loads instead of 10, and I live dangerously and leave it folded in the basket until tomorrow. I know, I know, you're thinking, "how scandalous!" I do it and I don't feel guilty because those three loads are bonus loads. Loads that would not have gotten done if there was no snow day. Anything I get done that day is BONUS! And I have nothing to feel guilty about. Plus, I can curl up on the couch and not worry about someone calling me for a ride home as soon as I get comfortable! NO RIDES.

So I am going to go now, put some pennies in the freezer and turn my jammies inside out. My principal says that works. And that my friends, is why she is my best friend!