F*cking A!

Guess what? Schools are closed again. Ugh, I am SOOOOOOOOO over this bullsh*t. The superintendent (a.k.a. Mister Boss Man) originally had it as a delayed opening last night and then at 6:45 I got a call saying it was closed for students, optional work day for teachers. Those of you who may not know, "optional" means work or take a day without pay. Seriously. It's not safe for parents to drive their children, it's not safe for busses, but it's good enough for me to come in or loose a day of pay. That is entirely different rant for a different day.

At around 7:30 I get another phone call from my principal (a.k.a. Boss Lady) I am not a fan of her and let's just leave it at that. HER message went something like this, "Teachers do not come in today. The roads are way to bad around school. My car has four wheel drive and I couldn't make it down our school road, so please stay home. I will do something to help you all make up the time, but please do not risk coming today."

Now, Mister Boss Man said we were supposed to go to work, but Boss Lady said no. I felt like a kid who wasn't sure which parent to listen and like I was going to get into trouble somehow from someone. Last night I went to the grocery store and got more baking supplies to surprise Girlfriend with white chocolate chip cookies (her second favorite to peanut butter) and today I am going some more cleaning because Girlfriend's dad is coming on Sunday to my house for the first time and my home needs to make a good impression. B is NOT helping and he has been banned from the backyard after his bath, at least until Sunday afternoon.

On a positive note we are going to the Brandi Carlile concert in 6 days! AND we are seeing Wicked in 84 days for our joint birthday presents to each other. 84 days, but who's counting? Here's hoping the weather is better wherever you are!

Day 5...

Well report cards were supposed to go home on Tuesday and CLEARLY that didn't happen. I had not started them until today, because well...it's not fun. I have procrastinated as long as I could and today I did them in record time: 1 hour 10 minutes and that was AFTER I accidentally didn't save 5 of them and had to re-input all my information a second time. I just got the message that we get to go back to work tomorrow on a 2 hour delay-just enough time for me and all the other slackers to print them out and stuff them in envelopes. I have never been more excited to go to work, and just to prove it here is texting between me and Girlfriend:

Me: I GET TO GO TO WORK TOMORROW!!!!

Girlfriend: You are weird.

ME: Dude, I have been stuck in this house for five days. Don't judge me.

Girlfriend: Sorry. My apologies to your fleeting sanity.

Me: Apology accepted and my sanity slowly restored.

There is a VERY real chance that Thursday is the only day we will go to school this week as more snow/sleet/ice is expected on Friday and Saturday.

Day 4...

My house is clean. There is nothing left to clean. The laundry is done. There is nothing left to wash. I tried out a new recipe today and I will be making it for Girlfriend in the near future. I'm bored out of my mind and guess what....SCHOOL IS CLOSED AGAIN TOMORROW!!!!!

Holy mother f*cker I have GOT to get out of this house. I will be venturing out and "opting" to work because I really think I might loose it if I stay inside for another day. There is no more snow in my neighborhood but I'm guessing that there must be some really bad roads in the county for them to close school 3 days in a row. Here's hoping I keep my sanity...

Day 3...

Girlfriend had to go to work at regular today, but she was unable to get out of the driveway. She tried and tried but her little Honda was not able to scale the snow and ice on an incline. After calling her boss and explaining (thankfully they understood) we put more salt behind her tires and waited for the sun/salt to do it's thing. She was finally able to get on the road 1 1/2 hours later leaving me by myself. I attempted to go out today but seriously, look at my street...I was going nowhere. School is canceled tomorrow and it's an optional teacher workday. If my road looks like this tomorrow I'm going to "opt" to stay here.

Here's a brief recap so far:

1 snow day=awesome with your girlfriend and dog

2 snow days=cool with same company, but running out of things to do

3 snow days=getting stir crazy by myself

4=snow days=SEND HELP!!!

Day 2...

Yesterday I made cookies and several of you requested the recipe. I am more than happy to share, but I cannot take credit-I found it at Simply Gluten Free. It makes 2 dozen cookies-Mix 1 cup of peanut butter with 1 cup of sugar. In a separate bowl mix 1 egg, 1 teaspoon of baking powder and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Mix this into the peanut butter mixture. Scoop 1 tablespoon of batter into your hands, roll into a ball and roll in sugar. Last do the criss-cross thing with a fork to flatten them out. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes and let them rest on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack (don't try and move them before this, they will mush all apart). Finally, take a picture before your Girlfriend eats them all!

Today we were snowed in again and here is a recap of our day:

We began our day with watching Public Enemies and since B wanted to snuggle right in the middle, we messed with his hair. We can't help it, he has GREAT hair! Which one is your favorite?

This one is my masterpiece titled: B from Whoville.

This one is Girlfriend's masterpiece titled: B the alien.

After the movie and hairstyling it was time for B to go play in the snow. Poor baby, he kept sinking down into it with every few steps but after a while he just took to jumping like a bunny.

After playing in the snow it was nap time again...these snow days sure do take it out of you!

I've already received the message that school is canceled tomorrow and we are waiting on Girlfriend to hear word from her work. I'll keep you updated on our exciting days.

Total Boo-shit

I left the north. I didn't want ass loads of snow anymore. This is total boo-shit.

Even worse is that it is still falling, only now instead of snow we have sleet. Fabulous.

One bright part of the day is that I tried out a new peanut butter cookie recipe for Girlfriend (they happen to be her favorite) and they turned out AWESOME!!!! There would be more but she kept eating them off the cooling rack. Good thing they are super duper easy to make!