This is either a new high or a new low.

My local school district has all campuses closed today for the impending snowstorm headed our way. Mind you not a flake has yet fallen, and–I probably should have led with this–our classes are all online.

I can see it now, later this afternoon, that there is so much snow outside it has actually crept in the house and I can’t even plow through the living room to get to my laptop.

That’s a storm.

As a teacher I’m somewhat ambivalent towards snow days. I see both sides of the argument. I do enjoy the day off, of course, but concerning a professional responsibility I do bemoan the lost instructional time.

My son, meanwhile, embraces snow days to the fullest.

(Don’t we all, as kids?)

He does forget a few school lessons on these days, though. For example, the meaning of the word “or.”

As in, pancakes or waffles or an omelet.

Yeah, I’ll be back later… makin’ three things for breakfast right now