Melting away....

The snow/sleet/ice is slowly melting away today. We still have a lot on the ground and on the street in front of my house, but, I'm hoping/praying we get to go back to school tomorrow. Yep, that's right folks, I actually WANT to go back!!!! Staying at home all day for NINE days straight does not suit me. The first two or three days were nice, cozy, and very productive. I was really getting into the cleaning/organizational mode. At this point, however, I'm just plain desperate to get out of this house.

My students probably won't remember me, it's been so long since I've seen them!!!! Oh, no, I just remembered all the paperwork I've got to do when I get back to school....uck....second thought, I kinda like it here in my humble abode..... :) Nah, seriously, I'm ready to get back to my routine. It will take at least a good week to get my little Autistic students back to their routine. They will be very out of sorts that their routines were disrupted. Ay-yi-yi-yi!!! But, I miss them, they're like my own. I should be getting about three new students, so therein lies all the paperwork headed my way. Joy, joy, joy!!!

Later....

Alaska or Oklahoma?!?!

I'm beginning to wonder if I'm in the wrong state!!! We are supposed to get more of the 'ol "s" word------SNOW!!!! One t.v. station says 6-12 inches, another one says 8-15 inches!!!! We still have ice from the precipitation dumped on us last Friday!!! We've missed five days of school with this storm, 2 or 3 from the last storm, a few weeks ago. Holy Moly!!! We'll be going to school until July!!!!

I hope our Izzy (the pig) is alright!!! The ag instructor told us he would check on her everyday if we couldn't get there, but, I'm really starting to feel guilty that we haven't been over there in seven days!!! But, the roads in town are still horrible. The trash trucks are not even running, because the roads are so bad.

Our animals here--the four dogs, one cat, and one horse are doing fine. We give them fresh water & feed two or three times a day. They all have nice warm barns to stay in. Izzy is inside a barn, as well, we just can't get to her...poor little piglet (she weighs about 170 now). She probably thinks we've deserted her.

Again, my heart and prayers go out to friends and family in Southeastern Oklahoma. They have been without electricity for the last seven days and counting. Some of them are regaining electricity sporadically, then, it goes off for several hours, then, it might come back on for awhile, etc. I just pray that this next front doesn't set them back again. It would be really nice if it would just bypass them altogether.

Love and prayers....

FOUR DAYS AND COUNTING...

We've now missed four days of school, and I was just notified we would be out tomorrow, as well. Our state superintendent has stated that those days missed during the ice storm will probably not be excused. Bummer! Wah! There, I've done my whining! May 18th would have been our last day of school. I would gladly give up Spring Break to make up five of those days!!

Oh, well, that's life....At least I have been able to get some things accomplished around the house!! I have been cleaning and organizing like a mad woman!! Woo-hoo!! :)

Well, gotta go for now!! Got to get ready for more snow!!!

Just got the phone call...no school tomorrow. Bummer...I really didn't want to miss any more days, (no, I don't have fever) even though I love snow days. We have used up all of the snow days that were built into our schedule for this school year, so we will have to make up any we miss from here on out. According to all the weather reports, that may be the next three or four days, at least.

We have yet another icy winter blast! Trying to stay warm, keep the ice chopped for the animals, etc. Hoping to keep my wonderful electricity. So many people in the state are without electricity. My thoughts and prayers go out to them. We did have to leave school early Friday because of the sleet and ice accumulation. Parents were picking up their kiddos left & right. Monday, the kids are out on holiday, but, the teachers were going to have to go back for inservice. My guess is that I will get a telephone call this evening cancelling our workshop. Darn, hate it!! The temp is not supposed to get above 20 until Thursday, so we will probably miss at least three or four days of school this week.

Update on Izzy Ella Bella, the piglet.... Actually, she is no longer a cute, little piglet, she's a huge, honkin' 163 pounds of bacon!!! (my daughter's FFA show pig) We can't get to her (at the ag barn) to check on her because of the roads. We went over Thursday before the storm hit and filled up her water tank and feed trough. The ag teacher, God Bless his soul, told us not to try to drive over there to check on her. He said he has to go over there everyday, so he will check on her for us. God love him. I guess Morgy & I will have to bake him some cookies or brownies to repay his kindness.

Morgy has once again deserted me to go play in the snow and ice with some family friends. This has become a tradition --if if snows, sleets, ices over, etc., they make a trip to town to pick her up, then, she spends a few days with them to go sledding, ride the 4 -wheeler, etc. Before she left yesterday, she went out to check on Charlie (the horse) and the dogs---feeding them and chopping ice, etc. She was gone for quite awhile, so I looked out to check on her and there she was lying on top of the thick layer of frozen sleet, face down, with the two biggest dogs, Cujer and Goldie, trying to roll her over. It alarmed me at first, I thought she had passed out or something, then, I realized she was playing with them. Goofy kid!! :) Those two big dogs love this snowy, sleety weather!! Cujer is so huge, he looks like a polar bear!! The other two dogs, Patches and Biscuit, were in their nice warm barn curled up in the hay, with the cat. Yeah, we have a zoo around here.

Well, I had better get back to work. I am taking this opportunity (being stuck inside) to work on one of those resolutions --getting organized. Translation--get rid of all the extra junk in the spare bedroom, so I actually have a spare bedroom, not a junk room!! I'm doing pretty good, I'm on a roll, so I'd better get back to it while I'm in the mood!