>While the bunnies were napping (and so was I), Husband took the camera around the house for a few snow day pictures.

On the left: the view out the front window, looking across the street. Our neighbor is finishing up his snowblowing.

On the right: a closer look outside through the same window. Yes, the snow is very heavy and wet today.

We’re supposed to get another 2-4 inches overnight. That’ll be enough to make us get out the snowblowers again in the morning, but not enough to close schools. I guess I’d better remind Amigo to do his homework. We’ll set the grown-ups’ alarm clocks a little earlier than usual to make sure we shovel out and get to work on time.

>It was so cold….
(Insert punch line here.)
On my road trip to take La Petite back to college today, the Transport Weather Report (a.k.a. the minivan’s thermometer) ranged from -4 degrees to a positively balmy +2. Wow. I almost had to unzip my jacket at the sight of the number on the plus-side. The van’s heating system kept up with the cold well enough, as did the defroster. The windshield washer could use some help. I’ll be curious to find out whether the fluid simply remains frozen or if the reservoir is empty. Mythbusters, can you help? Just kidding. The van is down to half a tank of gas, so as soon as I think I can handle standing outside long enough to fill it, I’ll go to the gas station and wash the windows at the same time. Brrrr.
I enjoy the drive to and from the school. It’s mostly along secondary roads — those two-lane highways with lots of farms and little towns and very few type A drivers. With that in mind, take a look at this list. Can you figure out what these have in common?

Dark Acres
Blooming Meadows
Cold Spring
Spring Creek
Rapids
Edgewater
Clay
Rock
Maple
Oak
Homestead

>The pessimist says the glass is half empty.
The optimist says it’s half full.
The engineer (according to Husband) says that the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
Kristina made a good comment on my last post: hope is an important philosophy. Mom-nos recently posted about dominant thought, and how keeping it positive is important. A few of my co-workers just planned a get-away weekend later this month so that we can be together as friends, not teachers.
All of these things reminded me to think positive thoughts, cope with what I can, and let go of the worry on that which I can’t control. Isn’t there a saying like that? With that in mind, here’s a re-vision (seriously: a different point of view) of yesterday’s worries.
School behavior: I work with an excellent team. We are all very well trained and understand child development. We have plans in place to teach behaviors and attitudes that can replace the inappropriateness, and consequences in place for those who choose not to learn.
Health: One of our association leaders recently reminded us that we can’t control health care costs because that’s a national problem, but we can control our own health. I just took steps in the right direction with the blood draw and the visit to the foot doc. I plugged in the humidifier a few minutes ago, and I’ll sit next to and read the paper after I post. Blogging, too, is healthy. Simply by changing the way I put these dominant thoughts in writing, I change the direction of my thoughts. Life is still rough, at least this patch, but I can deal with it a little better now.
Family. Kids. We are bringing La Petite home to see the family doctor on Monday. We’ll keep working with Amigo and his teachers and hope that ultimately he takes the bull by the horns himself.
Health: Parents: We’ll hear from the Cataract-less mother today, we hope. We’ll keep in touch with the other paternal unit, too, and share that responsibility with brother-in-law.
And I’ll keep on blogging, blogging, blogging.