To their chagrin school was neither late or cancelled.
It is so seldom that we get snow here. When we do see a few flakes falling, the entire region panics. We see the news breaking into whatever show is on, warning everyone of SNOW WATCH 2002. The ones I like are BLIZZARD 2002, for minor snowfall and almost zero accumulation.
Work places close early, schools are cancelled or delayed, people panic and rush to the grocery store to stock up on food and water for when they are trapped in their homes by the 1/4" of snow on the ground.
A small flurry of snow that melts immediately on impact causes traffic back-ups and numerous accidents. Mind you, the roads are not necessarily slick, people just feel the need to drive their cars into trees, guard rails and other cars when it snows. (I believe it is a regional character flaw.)
Surprisingly when the weather does this, and the people complain about the hazardous driving conditions, pizza delivery seems to abound. I saw more Domino's deliveries in the past couple days than I have in weeks! I sure do hope those drivers get frequent flier miles or something.
While the adults are in a state of panic, children and dogs are in a state of joy. The kids in my neighborhood even managed to have a snow ball fight. Well, it was more of a very cold mud ball fight, but they were happy and oblivious to the fact that there was more mud than snow in the balls. One neighbor even built a mud man. complete with carrot nose, scarf and hat. I couldn't tell if it had eyes or not.
My dogs seem to feel that snow is cause for zoomies. If you do not have a dog, and have never experienced zoomies, you don't know what you are missing. Picture this:
Small house
unfenced back yard
12' X 18' dog run
Now in that picture, put one 160 pound Dane who thinks he is still a lap dog sized puppy, and one 115 pound Dane who (under normal circumstances) is very lady like.
Visualize these two dogs zooming around the dog run, and the inside of the house like sugar crazed children, complete with tongue lolling out of the mouth, and eyes wide open with glee. Oh yea, with the smaller dog barking non-stop at the bigger dog as if to tell him to calm down so she has more room to run.
Now put that all together in a place in the immediate vicinity of Hunkka-hunkka Hubby trying to do homework on a project that was due tonight.
Laissez le bon roulement de périodes!