The Aftermath

Good morning, Amanda.

The snow has stopped, the sleet and freezing rain have stopped, and the new thing around here is collapsing roofs. In fact, one or more schools in my district must be at risk, which is why I am home again. Yesterday evening a robo-call came from the superintendent who very somberly explained in his message that despite best efforts of maintenance and custodial staff, the snow load on roofs was unacceptable, and schools would be closed today while they worked with contractors and the town engineer to remove the snow. Most schools today have delays; we are one of very few towns with another day off. I'm not jumping up and down, yet I know I need to make the best of it. So I'm debating how I should spend my day (besides correcting some of those midterm exams that are sitting in my car...still--ha!) to really take advantage of the time off. I'm going to try to get my mani-pedi rescheduled (I had an appointment Tuesday), and am debating going out to lunch. Thing there is that I'd definitely need to shower and wash my hair if I go out to lunch, and I heard it's bad luck to wash your hair on the Chinese New Year. Not that I'm Chinese or anything. But you know.

Thanks for the white light for my family. We're all hoping for more information, but right now there's not much communication. It's just settling in, I think. To use your metaphor, I think we're all just walking around with heavy hearts. My poor aunt. How much can one person handle? A sick daughter and now a husband with the same terrible illness. Just hideous. (Interesting: the title of a non-fiction book came to me the other day in response to this news. Remind me to tell you about it.)

Vegas, hu? Still have never been, and though it's on my list of places I'd like to go, it's not on the top ten. (Maybe I'm secretly afraid that I'll [heart] it too.) Sounds like fun though. Remind me, when is your Chicago trip? And when would your Vegas one be? (I'm going to start keeping a calendar for you to keep up with it all. ;-) ) Has anything more been discussed about a family trip this way?

If I don't write again before I head to Boston (in another wintry mix! arg!) let me say now that I hope you have a good weekend.I hope it cerpasses any expectations you might have. LOL

Love you,
Barb