Is There No End To Winter?

There are less than 30 days until spring is officially here, and to be honest it looks like it will be much much longer. I have been told that this is a particularly long winter, I'll second that! Snow fell all day long yesterday and that kept me inside watching old movies like the Maltese Falcon, and grading long ignored papers. Getting ready for the Spring parent conferences is a sign that it is nearly here and that the school year will be over soon.

My job has been non-renewed, looking forward into our new Governor Walker's agenda, there were 20 teachers from our district who were not re-newed. Non-renewed is different than a layoff, they now do not have to call anyone back, nor use senority to hire anyone back. My district has once again made a decision to go backwards, to the detriment of the children I believe. This sadly is typical, My dilema, look for a job where age and experience are not valued, or go back to school for something different? Life is too short to play endless games, jumping through hundreds of fiery hoops, only for it all to end with disappointment. I am tired of the disappointment, but how does one live a life without it? It is what it is. I hear that saying more frequently now, but I guess it is true. The flakes are falling again, will it never end?

RECALL WALKER/IMPEACH WALKER

SNOW DAYS

Today is a snow day, the day when school districts call the day off due to snow, rain, etc.  It has been awhile since I have written, in fact I think there are a couple of posts in the editing box which haven't been edited or looked at in months. I'm stuck, life has been happening and I have been stuck in the middle of it. This has been a long winter. The snow was almost melted and then bang, 2 feet overnight, and it is still snowing hard 24 hours after it began. I love it though, even though I don't like the driving in it part. The roads are generally cleared though, except when it is snowing faster than the plows can plow. So here I sit, glad for the extra minutes to sleep, but I am bored, bored bored. It's not that I haven't things that need to get done, but I am not feeling like doing them so much. Nik is at his daycare, and Harry is on his chair, hanging over the sides. You see, he can't fit when he's on his back. Feet in the air in an almost cartoonish manner, head hanging down off the seat. I have always wanted to get a photo of him doing this but he's too fast and smart for me. Please stop the snowing, enough already!

The first major snow storm in December, I painted the kitchen a warmer

color palette. I am still working on the trim, one of those things I could be doing today.