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Another Snow Day

Now, let?s see. A week ago Wednesday, Derwood had a snow day. Back in school the next day, and then Friday was the start of exam week. Since he?s in a special ed program, no exams for him, so he was home all day every day of Exam Week, which included four days the following week. (Lloyd had three exams, one of which apparently required that he spend the entire weekend at a friend?s house studying.) Then the Thursday following Exam Week was actually a PA day. And then they were back in school on Friday.

Friday was blissfully quiet around here, if strange. No television and computer blaring in the next room. No slumbering teenagers in the house imparting a strange note of suspenseful morning-long hibernation while I toiled away in my office, like they could spring into full blown noisy cereal-scarfing video-game playing mode any second now. After a week of having them both home almost all the time I felt as if something were not quite right when they weren?t there.

And all the disjointed week long, dishes were disappearing to other parts of the house and leaving my cupboards mysteriously empty. Redman found the mother lode of coffee mugs - complete with used tea bags, drinking cups and cereal bowls in Lloyd?s bedroom on Saturday while he was away at his mother?s ? they more than filled a rack in the dishwasher.

And today is another snow day. They?re both home. All day. Again.

I cannot wait for things to get back to normal, when my charges are actually back in school full time, every day, actually learning things, like we?re paying taxes for.

And soon, it?ll be March Break. Sigh.

Filed under Parenting, Feb 6, 2006
 

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