I got the call at 5:30 this morning -no school! While I love my students I love my own kids more (not to mention the chance to sleep in a little bit). I do have to admit, as much as I love all the snow-days -which I know we will make up in the summer, :( I am so tired of this winter! I try to stay positive, but I keep finding myself complaining about the snow, the wind, the lack of sun and the COLD. My husband keeps reminding me that I am the one that has been convincing him for the past ten years that the winter is beautiful and that it helps us appreciate the wonderful summer that will come in a few months. He has a point. When he came to Michigan ten years ago he had never before seen snow. He worked on my family's dairy farm in the elements every day. I did not tolerate complaining about it. I talked it up, I showed him all the fun activities that can be done in the snow, and I reminded him that it is really only two months of intense winter...just 1/6th of the whole year.
Now he is convincing me, except I no longer believe what I once did about winter. Don't get me wrong, I still love to sled, ski, and ice skate. The problem is the wind chill has been below zero almost every day since November! That means we have not had two months of intense winter, but four months of SUPER intense winter and there is not yet an end in sight! My students hardly ever go out for recess anymore, which means I cannot get work done in my room during my lunch break. No one sees the sun anymore, which means we are all pale and grumpy. My two year old, Malekai summed it up best today -"I just want the snow to move over so I can see the grass again." Me too Malekai.
Ok, now that my rant is over, I will focus on the positive. I have another snow day, which means another day to work on my writing. I finally got my approval to publish with iBooks, but I'm not sure if that is what I want to do. I think I will try it with some of my children's books and continue looking at options for my memoir, which is my real baby -literally it is my life's work. My other issue right now (I think it's a good one) is that I don't know what to work on. Should I finish my Jr. novel? Edit my memoir one more time or write more children's books? The children's books are the quickest and easiest. The Jr. novel is the closest to being finished, and the memoir is my passion....What would you do?
Now he is convincing me, except I no longer believe what I once did about winter. Don't get me wrong, I still love to sled, ski, and ice skate. The problem is the wind chill has been below zero almost every day since November! That means we have not had two months of intense winter, but four months of SUPER intense winter and there is not yet an end in sight! My students hardly ever go out for recess anymore, which means I cannot get work done in my room during my lunch break. No one sees the sun anymore, which means we are all pale and grumpy. My two year old, Malekai summed it up best today -"I just want the snow to move over so I can see the grass again." Me too Malekai.
Ok, now that my rant is over, I will focus on the positive. I have another snow day, which means another day to work on my writing. I finally got my approval to publish with iBooks, but I'm not sure if that is what I want to do. I think I will try it with some of my children's books and continue looking at options for my memoir, which is my real baby -literally it is my life's work. My other issue right now (I think it's a good one) is that I don't know what to work on. Should I finish my Jr. novel? Edit my memoir one more time or write more children's books? The children's books are the quickest and easiest. The Jr. novel is the closest to being finished, and the memoir is my passion....What would you do?