Only in Texas.....

My regular readers know I reside in the Alamo City ~ a beautiful city, rich in history and culture. I teach Texas History to 7th grade adolescents except that isn’t happening today!


Mother Nature has given us a ‘snow day’ which has a different connotation for our neighbors to the north and east of us. Ice is covering our major thoroughfares, not to mention that 99% of us haven’t a clue as to how to drive on it safely. The odds of ice and or snow occurring here are about as slim as me growing a third limb. I normally don’t watch television but it has been on in the background with local news pre-empting soaps (which is really irking the fanatics!). Want to hear irony? There is a meteorology convention being held here at the convention center.


So what is yours truly doing??? I am trapped in my house since the deck and the stairs that leads to the car has a very treacherous layer of ice on it. The newspaper is still resting in the driveway; don’t think my principal would appreciate me calling in with broken limbs. Watching a movie or two might be on the agenda!


Will there be school tomorrow?? That decision won’t be made until later this evening or early tomorrow morning. The roadways that I use to commute to school are shut down; TX DOT and local police are asking us to not leave unless it is a dire emergency.

The downside??? We WILL have to make these missed days up either at Easter or the end of the year. When the temperature gets to Hades rating, I might want to remember this gift from Mother Nature.

The motto of Texas: “If you don’t like the weather, wait fifteen minutes. It might just change.”

~butterfly angel~ (with frozen wings)