Strange Day

When I looked outside at 6:30 this morning, it was simply just a cold morning. When I left the house to head for school at 6:55, it was snowing like crazy, and I had to brush about an inch of white stuff off the car. Hmmmm.... Where did that come from? I didn't leave soon enough to accommodate a slow commute.

The roads were horrible. Of course, it is still dark at that hour--and gets darker as I travel westward. Visibility was bad. I couldn't see where the lane was. Very light traffic on the interstate, thankfully, but we were only doing 35. When I exited onto SR 39 (a 2-lane road with no shoulder), there was a car stalled in the southbound roadway. I had just enough charge left on my cell phone to call school and tell them I was going to be late. I wasn't the only one! Students were being shunted to the cafeteria for before-school tutoring. Apparently the snow had come down at over 3 inches an hour. I had to put the radio microphone down to concentrate on my driving. Unheard of!

We were dismissed early due to blowing snow. Strange...the sun was shining by then, but the roads were still treacherous.

Before going to pick up the children from Grandma Judy's, I stopped at our local grocery store, and there ran into the twin brother of the young man who had emailed me yesterday!!! (See previous post.) We had a nice chat. He lives in Plainfield, not far from us. I don't have a clue what the significance of the coincidence is, but it sure is one! Turns out that his wife (also one of my former students) is the full-day Kdg. teacher at Van Buren Elementary where Robin goes (and Ryan will, next year).

Don't know what tomorrow will bring. The wind has created blowing and drifting of the nasty white stuff. I'm done with winter. IS ANYBODY LISTENING???????