snow day.

Remember when you were a kid and snow days were the best thing ever?  I now understand the look of dread on my mom's face when we heard the news on the radio.  That's right, back then we had to listen to the radio to find out if school was cancelled.  I'm old, duh.  Most of the schools in the area are closed due to freezing rain and ice on the roads.  The first thing I did when I got up this morning was check to see if anything was closed.  Shit.  Then I found the parent handbook from Henry's day care to see what it said about closing when schools are closing.  Nothing.  I decided to go about my business getting ready for work and getting Henry ready for school as if nothing was amiss.  Why?  Because I didn't have a back up plan.  I already used up all of my back up plans at the beginning of the week when Henry couldn't go to day care because he was sick  A few minutes before we were supposed to leave I decided I should not drag my kid out on the icy roads unless necessary so I held my breath and called his day care.  I almost cried tears of joy when the lady answered the phone.  They were open!  I figured I would be late for work since the roads were probably bad and I needed to take it easy but that's no big deal.  Late is better than having a 3-year-old assistant not letting me get anything done all day.  The day just got better once I realized that the main roads were fine, wet but not slippery.  The side roads, well, let's just say I only had to go on a couple and it's a good thing because to quote my brother-in-law, "I couldn't get any purchase." and slid everywhere.  Henry thought it was really funny, especially when I swore and said, "Don't say that at school!  Please don't say that at school!!"  I have a feeling I'll have a note from his teacher when I pick him up this afternoon...