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Snow Day ..... but there is no snow!

We got the call at 5:30 a.m. that due to poor road conditions there would be no school today!    Though I could hear cars flying by on the road out front!!    There is no snow on the ground but was some ice in areas, so to be safe they cancelled school today for us and many schools in St. Clair County.    I gladly reset my alarm for a little bit later and went back to sleep.   The best is the kids got to sleep in and didn't know there was no school until they woke up! 

Being a work from home parent, snow days are admittedly not my fav.   But, as Reese and Parker get older it isn't as bad as when they were dependent me for sustenance (unable to get their own cereal)!  Instead they need me to run them places.   In between work meetings today, dropped of  Super Bowl Square money to Parker's baseball coach, dropped Parker off at the gym, done a few loads of laundry, helped Reese clean out the hamster cage (God it was sooooo stinky), make cinnamon pancakes for Reese ( requested) and now I wait for the Freezer appliance repair man.    And later I will load the wood stove, pick up Parker, make dinner and watch Reese play basketball. 

To be honest this is a normal day whether it is a snow day or not.   I am so grateful for the ability to work from home and have the flexibility to run the kids around and make homemade food.  I don't for one minute take it for granted. 

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