Friday, February 22, 2013

Snow Days by the Numbers

2 - Snow days in a row. This makes me happy. I am a teacher after all.
7 - hours I had scheduled to work at the district where I'm subbing, but they're off too. So no big loss.
0 - number of times I've left the house since the sleet started yesterday morning
4 - loads of dishes
6 - loads of laundry
3- mitten changes for Billy yesterday
1 - cake baked for the fish fry
2 - mushy bananas in the cake instead of the compost
12 - episodes of Parks and Recreation watched on Netflix while I folded laundry
56 - ounces of clam chowder consumed for lunch by 4 of us (hey, it's Friday in Lent)
3 - inches of snow and ice pellets, topped with a crust of freezing rain.
8 - cans of cat food split between my 4 cats and the feral one under the porch
2 - times the youngest cat, Walnut, bolted out the front door, just to freak out and run back in
0 - number of times I bothered to check the Missouri teaching jobs clearinghouse given that the districts and principals are all at home drinking hot chocolate as well.
66 - hours until I actually have to drive anywhere in my car
4 - socks darned
1 - pair socks finished, woot!
4 - library books about knitting and quilting flipped through and essentially rejected
62 - degrees on our thermostat
2.5 - hours until my hair cut, which I can walk to
18 - juncos, no joke, in the backyard at one time, hopping on the snow, on the treehouse roof, on the porch
1 - doll, yes doll, talent show I must go judge now. Gah.

5 comments:

Gail said...

That's a lot of laundry! (Because the bit about watching Parks and Rec is what stands out, of course -- I love that show.)

Mary Helen said...

And how was that talent show? :)
When I first read it, I didn't see ounces on the clam chowder. I thought you had eaten 56 CANS!!
Glad you all were safe and (mostly) warm.

Elyssa said...

Holy crap 62 degrees? We're at 68 and I'm freezing.

Mali said...

Laundry and TV is a perfect match!

Loved the whole list.

Indigo Bunting said...

Parks and Recreation is my favorite show. Seriously.

Ah, those days when one never leaves the house...