Snow Day!!

Snow Day!!: I stayed up late last night... or I should say this morning and I woke up very early this morning, looking outside my kitchen window and waiting impatiently for the white gold to start flowing from the skies.

At 4:30am, a jackpot of snow started raining down- and along with the snow, there came a flurry of school closures; the Peel District School Board- which I work for- decided to close the schools!!

That was an extremely wise decision.

Each school in the school board I work for puts together a list of staff phone numbers in the event that schools are closed. Each person on the list is responsile for calling another person on the list. Teachers, adminsitrators, and secretaries use the list to call each other when the school closure is officially official.

The person who just called me about 30 seconds ago said they were disappointed to be letting me know that the school is closed. She didn't sound very sincere though. Once I received that call, I was responsible for calling one of our fabulous secretaries. She was already awake, waiting for my call when I phoned her. She said that I am now her favourite person.

Snow daaaaayyy!!


Snow starts to fall outside of my house. I'll be shoveling this in a few hours when I re-wake up
Don't get me wrong; I love my job. The students, teachers, administrators, and parents are amazing, but we're rarely treated to a snow day. We all know that we will see each other again next week.

It's funny because as I write this, CP24 is reporting that they have a ton of cancelations coming in, hehehe. They report 'Godzilla'-Like Storm Expected To Stomp GTA With Heavy Snow'.

I wonder many students and teachers are very very excited at this very moment. I know at least one- ME!

I will be driving 800km's later today through the snowstorm to Montreal and beyond. I expect it that drive to be no fun at all. Or maybe it will be. I'll listen to audio books and tons of music.

As long as I make it safe to Quebec City, I'll be covering the ISU Short Track World Cup. Racing action begins today, and you can find all the live results here.

So what does all of this mean for Speed Skate World and why am I sharing this new with you?

You see, I work 80% of a full time teaching job making 80% salary. Of my school's 5-day cycle, I have day 5 off. Thanks to today's snow day and school closure, day 5 is now pushed to Monday which means I won't be working on Monday.

Thanks to this, I can drive home on Monday instead of late Sunday night. I'll be able to relax, work on my videos & photos from Quebec, work on my website, and train.

Rather than being sleep deprived at work on Monday and then having a jam-packed week where I neglect Speed Skate World (because my training takes priority), I can chill in Montreal and keep things in order. I'll take the opportunity to post all the videos and photos and stories from the ISU Short Track World Cup on Monday.