We live in North Carolina. It rarely snows here, and when it does, well, it’s not usually much, but you’d think that the Apocalypse has come. Last night it snowed enough to cover up the grass, and one of our former Floridian friends called to say that she was “driving in snow for the first time”. Mark said she really wasn’t, as there was no actual snow on the roads, just water! The girls were thrilled that there would probably be a school delay, as the roads were wet, and it would be in the 20′s – a surefire recipe for the dreaded “Black Ice”. It was so minor, though – we went to bed planning to get up at the regular time.

Fast forward to 5:41 a.m., when the phone rang and the nice lady on the message told us that school would open at 10:00, but they would evaluate road conditions and make a final call between 8:00 and 8:30. I got up at 8:00, figuring it was time to start getting ready. At about 8:10 the call came – school was closed. I checked the website and saw this message:

OK, maybe I’d better go outside and see how bad this really is – before it all melts.

Oh my – we may need the National Guard. Hopefully they will bring hot chocolate. The best part of all of this is that this is scheduled to be a 4-day weekend – Monday and Tuesday off. I think I can handle going to work tomorrow when I know I’ll have the next 4 days off.

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