Monday, March 2, 2020
I got up today and looked out my glass doors to see a beautiful winter landscape. It is the heavy, branch-breaking snow that covers everything you can see. It will be breathtakingly beautiful for about five or six hours and then the snow will melt off the trees. It is the prettiest snow we have had this winter. I will be out in the snow in about an hour walking my seven-year-old, Mika, to school.
Last evening our school district announced a two-hour delay for today which confused me. The district already has a one and one-half hour delay on Mondays. I had to wonder all night if a two-hour delay meant Mika starts at 10:30 a.m. or noon. Noon seemed a bit excessive. After I admired the snow this morning, I checked my email for the school district notification. The notification explained the delay was based on the Tuesday through Friday start time and school starts today at 10:30 a.m. Woo hoo! We get half an hour delay.
Half an hour from now Mika and I will be bundling up to brave the 24-degree weather and make the trek to school. Fortunately, Mika is here to make sure I make it up the ramp because it has not been shoveled yet. There may not even be much snow on my ramp; there is not any snow on the uncovered parts of my patio. The snow is soft and wet, so I am not worried about getting stuck once I am out rolling through it in the street. Mika and I will leave a little early so we can enjoy the scenery as we walk.
I just got back from taking Mika to school. It is up to 26 degrees! The roads barely have any snow on them. My ramp has a little bit of snow stuck to it and there are several bare spots. Shoveling will not be necessary with this snowfall even if we did get a few inches. It was a beautiful walk. Mika stopped frequently to shake snow off the trees to snow down on her. We could not see the mountains today because of the cloud cover so we kept looking at snow-covered trees instead. We can find our little moments of joy anywhere.
Yesterday I went online to schedule Mika’s birthday pictures. Every year I subject my children to birthday pictures until they are eighteen. Because I scheduled Mika’s appointment so early, I was able to get the time I wanted. Mika’s birthday is now less than three months away. Her sister’s birthday is next month. Her sister shares her birthday with Mika’s monthly friend Lily.
Lily is not having a birthday party this year and I am not sure if Mika will have one either. I am happy to give Mika a birthday party, but I am not sure she wants one. Last summer Mika had a nightmare in which people died at her birthday party and now she is afraid to have a party. Mika asked me if we could have a family dinner out for her eighth birthday. I have not asked her recently if she still does not want to have a birthday party. I will not make her have a party if she does not want to have one.
Mika does have an odd Friday off from school in April, so we are planning a combined play date with Lily’s Friday friend at Chuck E. Cheese to celebrate her birthday. Lily’s mom says Lily does not like birthday parties because she does not feel like she gets enough individual time with each friend. I understand her rational. Lily is one of those people who will always ask you if you need a drink or a snack when you come over to her house. Mika and I figure you will ask us if you want a drink.
My piece of advice to you is to enjoy the fleeting moments. It is four o’clock as I write this last paragraph and 95 percent of this morning’s snow has melted from my back yard. I did ask Mika if she wanted a birthday party when she got home a few minutes ago. Mika said as long as her party was not at our house, as it was in her dream, she wanted a party. Mika only gets one eight birthday and I may not be around for number nine, so we are having a party.
Until next time,
Susanne
Please check out my GoFundMe page.
I got up today and looked out my glass doors to see a beautiful winter landscape. It is the heavy, branch-breaking snow that covers everything you can see. It will be breathtakingly beautiful for about five or six hours and then the snow will melt off the trees. It is the prettiest snow we have had this winter. I will be out in the snow in about an hour walking my seven-year-old, Mika, to school.
Last evening our school district announced a two-hour delay for today which confused me. The district already has a one and one-half hour delay on Mondays. I had to wonder all night if a two-hour delay meant Mika starts at 10:30 a.m. or noon. Noon seemed a bit excessive. After I admired the snow this morning, I checked my email for the school district notification. The notification explained the delay was based on the Tuesday through Friday start time and school starts today at 10:30 a.m. Woo hoo! We get half an hour delay.
Half an hour from now Mika and I will be bundling up to brave the 24-degree weather and make the trek to school. Fortunately, Mika is here to make sure I make it up the ramp because it has not been shoveled yet. There may not even be much snow on my ramp; there is not any snow on the uncovered parts of my patio. The snow is soft and wet, so I am not worried about getting stuck once I am out rolling through it in the street. Mika and I will leave a little early so we can enjoy the scenery as we walk.
I just got back from taking Mika to school. It is up to 26 degrees! The roads barely have any snow on them. My ramp has a little bit of snow stuck to it and there are several bare spots. Shoveling will not be necessary with this snowfall even if we did get a few inches. It was a beautiful walk. Mika stopped frequently to shake snow off the trees to snow down on her. We could not see the mountains today because of the cloud cover so we kept looking at snow-covered trees instead. We can find our little moments of joy anywhere.
Yesterday I went online to schedule Mika’s birthday pictures. Every year I subject my children to birthday pictures until they are eighteen. Because I scheduled Mika’s appointment so early, I was able to get the time I wanted. Mika’s birthday is now less than three months away. Her sister’s birthday is next month. Her sister shares her birthday with Mika’s monthly friend Lily.
Lily is not having a birthday party this year and I am not sure if Mika will have one either. I am happy to give Mika a birthday party, but I am not sure she wants one. Last summer Mika had a nightmare in which people died at her birthday party and now she is afraid to have a party. Mika asked me if we could have a family dinner out for her eighth birthday. I have not asked her recently if she still does not want to have a birthday party. I will not make her have a party if she does not want to have one.
Mika does have an odd Friday off from school in April, so we are planning a combined play date with Lily’s Friday friend at Chuck E. Cheese to celebrate her birthday. Lily’s mom says Lily does not like birthday parties because she does not feel like she gets enough individual time with each friend. I understand her rational. Lily is one of those people who will always ask you if you need a drink or a snack when you come over to her house. Mika and I figure you will ask us if you want a drink.
My piece of advice to you is to enjoy the fleeting moments. It is four o’clock as I write this last paragraph and 95 percent of this morning’s snow has melted from my back yard. I did ask Mika if she wanted a birthday party when she got home a few minutes ago. Mika said as long as her party was not at our house, as it was in her dream, she wanted a party. Mika only gets one eight birthday and I may not be around for number nine, so we are having a party.
Until next time,
Susanne
Please check out my GoFundMe page.