Just Another Manic Monday

5 am - Wake up to no electricity. Panic. What time is it? Realize it's only 5, toss and turn until 6.
6 am - Trudge out of bed to the bathroom. Flip the light switch. No lights. Brush teeth, walk to look out window. Exclaim, Holy shit! with toothbrush still in mouth - call cooperating teacher. It seems we've had some snow and every school in the area is closed except us - it must be a mistake.
6:30 am - Alas - it's not a mistake. Get ready in record time so I'm not late.
6:45 am - Begin the process of digging out my car. Get soaked.
7:00 am - Change clothes.
7:05 am - Fall down stairs running to car - damn slippery shoes.
7:05 - 8:00 am - Curse snow. Would curse traffic but there was none. All the smart people stayed home.
8:00 am - Arrive at school. No power. No heat. Send all 4 kids who showed up home. Try to do some work while wearing my coat, hat, and mittens. Listen to teacher vent about a district that didn't cancel school (even though there was no power), and would not let them go home without taking a sick day (even though we all drove and risked our lives in the first place, and the people who did take a sick day were at home in warm houses with pajamas on.)
10:00 am - Leave school. Attempt to go home. Interstate on-ramp is closed. Go to Brandon's instead.
10:45 am - Hop like a one legged bunny through the snow drift driveway.
11:00 am - Hop like a one legged bunny back through the snow drift driveway.
11:01 am - Stuck. Get pushed by one boy - still stuck. Shovel out car. Still stuck.
11:15 am - Pushed by three boys - stuck. Pushed again - stuck blocking the entire street. Pushed again. Burning rubber and cheering boys signal my freedom. I run the stop sign, for fear of being stuck again.
Noon - Make it home. The road I take is shut down an hour later for being too dangerous to drive on.
12:05 pm - Drive around parking lot trying to find a spot that isn't a snow drift. Realize the whole lot is a snow drift....
12:06 pm - Claim one section of the giant snow drift as mine, give er some onion (as Brandon would say) and lodge myself in to a parking spot.
12:08 pm - Look out window at car - realize snow is deeper than my wheels. Laugh at how funny it looks. Realize that it will not be nearly as funny at 7 in the morning tomorrow.