A Motley Crew and an Unexpected Break

On Tuesday night, when it was windy and cold evening, an expected weather condition for this time of year, the weatherman predicted a huge storm. Kids prayed for a snow day. Who would have guessed that their wishes would be granted. We woke on Wednesday by the phone ringing. The automatic caller from my school was sending out a snowday message. We looked out of the window to find a soft blanket of snow. As the day progressed it was the snowflakes grew larger and more plentiful. Fully awake due to teh 5:15 a.m. call, we went out for bagels. Ellie had stayed the night at Christy's house and the rest of us were home. Ethan spent much of the day playing his video games with virtual links through the computer. Larr took care of various things that had been on his business to-do list. I put together the team newsletter and began to teach myself more about the new InDesign CS4 program we recently got. Later in the day we rented a few movies. It was really lovely to have some unexpected time off. With nothing planned, we were able to really relax. In the early evening we got the call that school would be closed on Thursday, too. That was even more welcome. In some ways I looked at it as a time to get caught up and ahead on cleaning, but I also wanted to relax some more. We slept in, had breakfast, shoveled snow and watched one of the movies. By the late afternoon the roads were find. Two days of being low key has left me relaxed and a little sleepy. I think we have about 28" so far. The snow continues to fall, but I think it will not accumulate much. I expect that it is back to school tomorrow.

The races this past weekend were not the kid's best. On Saturday Ellie was cold and felt a bit ill. Her regular shorts were ruined and she was racing in gear that was too small. Ethan's rear shifter was broken so he did the race as a single speed. We spent the afternoon at Veloswap and had a great time. Sunday was a bit better, but the snow began to fall just as the race started and the course seemed to be about half sand. Ethan did okay until he tripped on a barrier and went down hard, hitting his face on his handlebars. He laughed about it later. Ellie was simply feeling tired and sluggish. She glad to have that one behind her.