Thanksgiving Break and Weather

Because of bad weather predictions over mountain passes, I decided not to visit my daughter and drove, instead to Portland to see friends. Sorry I didn't get to call or visit with more of you. Time was short!

I had a long trip down, as it was bumper-to-bumper traffic most of the way, but the trip was worth it, to reconnect and feel 'home' again. I did some shopping and visited. It was great to eat T-day dinner with Barb, visit with Claire and hear about Cindy's Peru trip. Then it was time to hit the road again, and with more ferocious weather in the forecast, I left a bit early (9 a.m.) Sunday morning, expecting really heavy traffic and bad weather. The traffic turned out to be light and the weather not bad at all. It started snowing just as I turned off I5 to go to the island and continued snowing all the way. The snow was just starting to stick to the road and made it slushy. I arrived home in thick falling snow and made haste to unpack and settle in, including preparing for another power outage, as I don't trust it here. Thankfully there was no power outage.

In spite of 4 inches of snow the next morning, we had school, with only a 1 hour delay start. Monday is our preschool day for meetings, evals, etc., so we did not have kids, except for our evals which went on as planned. We only had one cancel of the three for that day. My assistants and I planned curriculum for December and redecorated the classroom a bit. We made ready for class today.

Thankfully, the school district is closed today. Hooray! It is really icey, as the sun came out in the middle of the day yesterday just enough to melt a bit on the roads and then the temp dropped into the 20's F last night. I'm so glad school cancelled. I feel quite cozy looking at all the snowy trees glistening in the sunshine from my warm living room, watching my kitty curled up in her favorite spot by the window and smelling the yam I have baking. All good things!

Here are some pictures of the snow, which as I've been told, is very Rare, here.