I apologize for not posting in a while. The beginning of the semester hit me like Hurricane Katrina (too soon?). In any event, the storm that has dumped snow on over half of our country finally arrived in our great city of Boston and has resulted in the rare, but wonderful snow day. And this snow day has gotten me thinking: how have things changed? How is this snow day different from the ones I would ache for in elementary school? Well, there are some key similarities (sleeping in, playing in the snow) but there are also key differences...
1) Back then, I would wake up at 6 and sit in the cold TV room waiting for "Buncombe County Schools Closed" to scroll across the bottom of the screen. Now, I simply grab my Droid Incredible and see if the school has sent me an email.
2) Back then, we would get school cancelled if it was too cold or if an inch of snow hinted at the possibility of ice somewhere in the county. Now, a foot of snow is NOTHING for the powerful Boston snow plowing teams. I've trudged through what North Carolina would call a blizzard to get to class.
3) Back then, a snow day was a BIG DEAL because it meant a whole day free, now it all depends on your class schedule. If you only had one class, it isn't really that big of a deal. Also, snow days now mean you are losing money that you are paying to go to these classes, back then it was just tax funds.
4) Back then, I would celebrate snow days cause that meant I could play in the snow and make snow men, now I celebrate because I can catch up on work and do laundry.
5) Back then, I would come out of a day of fun in the snow and have hot chocolate, now I come in from the snow and have hot chocolate AND Bailey's.
6) Back then I'd go to the store and buy a sled, now I go to the store and buy wine.
7) Back then, I'd watch cartoons and Disney movies, now I watch Food Network.
1 comments:
#4 is my favorite. So true.
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