Snow Days and Grumpy Teens. . .

School is out for the next two days and thankfully I am off work too.  The hubs is traveling this week so I am single parenting this ship.  Look out folks there's a woman at the helm.  School is out today and tomorrow so far, not sure how tomorrow will be for Sprat and his college classes.  College campus closed today thank goodness.  We have about four inches, with it still coming down, who knows where our totals will end. 
I use to love snow days, I would get up early and get on ALL of my snow gear and go find my neighbors down the street and we would sled all day or at least until we were too wet to take it any more.  We would go home and wash clothes, eat, get warm and go back at it.  Sprat has been out once for a couple shots at the goal and that is about it.  Sweet Basil went out early this morning to potty and hopefully she will not have to go out again until this evening.  I went out with Sprat to snap a few pictures for him. 
I am so glad I went to the grocery store yesterday, I really did not want to go but I made myself.  It was a regular grocery day for me unfortunately.  I asked the boys, if it snows and school is cancelled what kind of junk food do you want?  Sprat said, hummus and chips.  Big T said oreos and chips.  I wanted pizza but I could not talk either of them into that last night.  So, here I am on a snow day with no pizza, except the frozen kind (no pun intended). 
Plans for the day:  laundry,  baking cookies, making chex mix, making soup and cornbread, and vegging if my boys will allow.

Snow, Snow Everywhere and My Kids are Home Again. .

In two weeks my kids have been  in school a total of  1 full day and 2 half days and tomorrow is not looking good.  I love my children dearly but they can push me over my limits some days.  I have one teenager and one tweenager(not misspelled).  A tweenager is anyone between 11-13 with all of the hormonal attitude of a true teenager. 
My two would argue with a fence post  if they thought it would get them somewhere.   I have spent the last week and a half in stripes with a whistle playing referee for them.   Sprat is getting ready to move into his own room and I guess it could not come soon enough.   His bed and our new reclining sofa are supposed to be delivered today.  Ha ha ha!!!!!  I will just wait and see.  Part of me hopes it comes and part of me hopes it does not, just because of our current weather conditions.  I do not want yuck tracked in my house or my furniture dropped. 
I hope that the room separation will help with the tension and constant bickering between the boys.  I could accept some arguing but this is sun up to sun down if they are within reach of each other.   I know, I know boys will be boys.  Well, mom will be mom too, and I have had it.   It must be the cabin fever. 

Crazy week. . .

Sorry I have missed a few days.  Between the weather,  early dismissals, and this massive migraine I have been out of touch.   My migraines are inherited from my mom.  I remember some Sundays she would have to come home and go straight to bed.  She mostly reacted to perfume but occasionally the weather would get her.  I think mine are hormonal and weather related.  I have not had one this bad in at least a year.   This one lasted three days with no relief.  
I am so glad that my classes were cancelled as well as my kids.   I hate the thought of driving in ice or snow.   I got caught at work one time with flurries.  I had gone  in to work on a Saturday to get caught up on some paper work.  It started snowing and I thought it would just snow a little and then be done in our typical fashion.  Hubby calls and tells me I should start heading home because it was getting bad there.  I left and had  to go by our main office before I could go home.  When I got to the main offfice it was coming down pretty good.  I ran in and made some copies and worked on my progress notes.  Hubby calls again and tells me I need to keave now.   I looked out and the parking lot was covered,  so I asked him how I should go home.   Should I go the back roads or the highway?  He said I would be safer to go the back way.  I was in our four wheel drive so I was not really worried except that I had not driven in the snow before.   My drive to work usually took 25 minutes roughly.   This particular nasty day it took 2 1/2 hours to get home.   I have never driven on such bad roads before.   I came to a slope and traffic was backed up the slope and stopped.  I decided I was going to turn around and go a different way.  I was clear to make the U turn but it was so slick that I did a 360 in the middle of the road.  That was terrifying!!!  When I finally came to a stop,  I was still in the road and facing the way I wanted to go so off I went.  I got the lecture of a lifetime when I got home.   I now know I can drive in this mess if I have to but, I hope I never have to again.