Snow days were always a mixed bag at my house growing up - as kids we yearned for them (going sledding, hanging up wet mittens on the radiators, runny noses and hot cocoa) but my Dad dreaded them (he owned a restaurant and blizzards were bad for business). Glad I am in a position now where I can fully enjoy them with my kid. That story of the chimney falling off your house is wild - can't imagine!!!
Your poor dad! Hyper kids and lost money. The chimney felt almost inevitable. Each of the 4 days preceding brought some kind of calamity. One day we lost power, one day we couldn't use the toilets, one day a kid was puking. So the chimney didn't really faze me!
Dad was such a kid at heart so I think it was against his nature to be sour on snow days for business reasons... and he never got a snow day, always had to find a way to get to work, pick up employees on the way if necessary. One of my favorite memories is him coming home late one night from the restaurant and my brothers and I (all adults) hid in the backyard waiting to ambush him with a snowball fight - he loved it.
Your 5-day snow-day catastrophe sounds beyond memorable - I hope you can laugh about it now!
[Okay let's see if Substack will let me comment this time. It won't let me like this, btw.]
During my elementary, middle, and high school years, we had one snow day. ONE. The superintendent didn't believe in them, refused to call them, even when snowfall was over 2 feet. The one time we did get off he was sick in bed and his wife decided on a snow day because she's the one who answered the phone. 😁
Thanks for this, Rita. The weather here has been so much more wintery than in recent past, and with snow rather than ice. Ice is a killer! We just got another 8-9" last week and there are forecasts now predicting as much as another 8-9." We'll see. Your last paragraph and the collected resources are a true support. We can't all do everything, but we can do something. ❤️
I never thought of snow angels as foreboding, and now I wonder why ever not?? Beautiful, and so deftly done. Like always.
Snow days were always a mixed bag at my house growing up - as kids we yearned for them (going sledding, hanging up wet mittens on the radiators, runny noses and hot cocoa) but my Dad dreaded them (he owned a restaurant and blizzards were bad for business). Glad I am in a position now where I can fully enjoy them with my kid. That story of the chimney falling off your house is wild - can't imagine!!!
Your poor dad! Hyper kids and lost money. The chimney felt almost inevitable. Each of the 4 days preceding brought some kind of calamity. One day we lost power, one day we couldn't use the toilets, one day a kid was puking. So the chimney didn't really faze me!
Dad was such a kid at heart so I think it was against his nature to be sour on snow days for business reasons... and he never got a snow day, always had to find a way to get to work, pick up employees on the way if necessary. One of my favorite memories is him coming home late one night from the restaurant and my brothers and I (all adults) hid in the backyard waiting to ambush him with a snowball fight - he loved it.
Your 5-day snow-day catastrophe sounds beyond memorable - I hope you can laugh about it now!
[Okay let's see if Substack will let me comment this time. It won't let me like this, btw.]
During my elementary, middle, and high school years, we had one snow day. ONE. The superintendent didn't believe in them, refused to call them, even when snowfall was over 2 feet. The one time we did get off he was sick in bed and his wife decided on a snow day because she's the one who answered the phone. 😁
I love snow days because they keep me home and force me to slow down. We had one on Wednesday, and I needed it more than I realized.
I really, very much enjoy reading your posts. Your writing style, your brain, I dig it. Thanks for writing for and with us.
Thanks for this, Rita. The weather here has been so much more wintery than in recent past, and with snow rather than ice. Ice is a killer! We just got another 8-9" last week and there are forecasts now predicting as much as another 8-9." We'll see. Your last paragraph and the collected resources are a true support. We can't all do everything, but we can do something. ❤️