The weather (and what I'm doing for spring break)

On Sunday, it was 79 degrees Fahrenheit, and we sat on the swing outside to work. (Was that this past Sunday, or the one before?...time is just one more thing that seems to shift and warp beyond control.) On Monday, a tornado touched down (luckily no damage) a few miles south of here, and a couple of miles south of the high school. Today, the Friday of spring break, school was dismissed at 1:30 (which was a welcome end to the utter chaos that the school becomes the day before a break) for snow. Not just any snow, either; thick fluffy flakes that stick to your clothes and pack into marvelous snowballs (I wonder if I could convince some of my kids into a snow-ball fight. Everyone seems pretty shuttered-up inside.) I'm going to be here spring break, but for the first time in 6-8 years, it looks like New York (which is home) in Anguilla, MS.

As my first act of spring break, I paid some bills and picked up a package (thanks, mom) at the post office, came home and opened the blinds to watch the snow build up, and sat down to record it all. I also bit into a chocolate apple with a gummy worm: a surprise gift from one of my students to "tell me I was appreciated"....so sweet.

Spring break I'll be spending here, creating a resume, applying for jobs, grading, planning, working on my portfolio, writing raps to help my kids remember...and of course to get it together for the final push to the state test.

Tutoring starts at 11 am Monday, at Christian Light Church in Anguilla. (The school, of course, will not let us use their building without an administrator.) Let's hope the kids show, as promised- I have already begun to hope.

As my best friend wrote "The weather speaks volumes of what has become of the flame"...