I used to love winter. I looked forward to it - looked forward to the newsman saying "Panhandle District #2 - cancelled. No longer do I get to look forward to such things. Even last year, when working as a full time teacher in a daycare - I worked at the ONE child care center who did not close after over 8 inches of snow. (Seeing as how it's state run and the state did not shut down - we could not either). SO even then - after becoming a teacher I did NOT get a snow day! Here we are, one year later - and I still will not get one. Instead, I get to brave the treacherous conditions outside - making my way through the scary snow. It's not pretty when it's on the road. It's brown and grey and ugly. I hate it. However, looking outside now - I do remember my childhood days when I used to look at snow as "angel feathers." So today - despite my bitterness about snow - I shared this with Ava. She quietly and inquisitively repeated me while gazing out at the slowly falling flakes ... "angel feathers?" ... This makes the snow worthwhile.
But tomorrow evening, when I'm on the road yet again, I will probably forget this childhood wonderment about why snow is snow. I will remember that it is actually formed in the clouds and falling to the ground - nothing like the images of angel feathers. It will be cold, grey, and slick. Dustin will be driving, and while he is a great driver, I will be scared! I am always scared when I am not in control of the wheel... but he is awesome, and a great driver and I cannot wait to brave the conditions with him tomorrow. We will be going to Chicago! Mardi Gras ... Superbowl ... it will be a fantastic weeked filled with fantastic friends.
I am most excited for Saturday - Mardi Gras. On this day, I will once again be reunited with SMOLKSA! I love this girl ... she is beautiful and sweet and perfect. She is a great friend and even though we're already far away from each other, we will be only further away from each other after I move. This makes me sad. I will also see Leslie ... who also rocks. My little cousin Em makes me think of Leslie - she seems so much like Leslie. Great. Wonderful. Unique. I like unique people.
So, with only a day left until I see Dustin and all my Chicago friends, I sit here inside. I am bored - but every so often, I may venture over the window seat. There I can look outside and imagine that it's the angels' feathers shedding as spring will be here soon and if their wings have too many feathers, they will surely get way too hot! HEAT! I only know Illinois heat ... This year I will learn about MEMPHIS HEAT. It's too cold right now to think it could ever be hot again, isn't it?
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