I'm at home today. There is no school for me. Days off are the best, but what is even better is an unexpected day off. This, and the fact that we just had a crazy winter storm, has got me thinking, I don't believe future students will ever know the joy of a real "SNOW DAY".
Thanks to this pandemic (another topic for another day), we all have access to virtual learning. Inclement weather days off are now going to be virtual learning days. We will be sitting inside our homes on our laptops and looking at the snow outside our windows. What torture.
Dear future generations, here is what you are going to miss.
1- Checking the news over and over again to see if your school district has been closed. (Preferably the night before, why wait to cancel in the morning)
2- Peeking out your window whenever you wake up in the middle of the night and thinking "please let there be snow, please let there be snow".
3- Waking up to your Mom trying to quietly turn off your alarm because SCHOOL WAS CANCELLED!
4- Playing in the snow from the minute you wake up until your hands and feet are so numb that you can't continue.
5- Coming in for a hot chocolate, throwing your socks and gloves into the dryer, thawing out, and then heading right back outside again to repeat the process over and over.
6- Of course there is always that agonizing defeat when the meteorologist got the forecast wrong. You wake up to nothing. They got you excited for nothing. Now you're exhausted from all the anticipation and from waking up 10 times during the night... and YOU STILL HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL.
No, you kids will never know the thrill of a true snow day and for that I am sorry. Enjoy virtual school in your pajamas and I hope you still have snow at 3pm when you finally get outside.
***After our most recent winter storm in Texas, food banks are running low on donations. Consider volunteering or contributing to your local community food bank, or maybe this one: North Texas Food Bank, ntfb.org
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