Teachers are also part-time meteorologists. We live where there are four seasons each year and Winter can be an exciting time for kids and educators alike due to the possibility of a snow day. I really don't know who is more excited to get the announcement of a school closing due to the weather, my wife or my kids but I really think it's my wife.What I have noticed, in the past few years, is how expansive her vocabulary has become in relation to weather. Lately, it the polar vortex that has her psyched up. That's not a phrase that just gets normally dropped into a lively morning banter but in the past few weeks, I have heard it numerous times.
"Probably going to need to get out the bird water heater due to the polar vortex that's coming."
Read that sentence a few times and try not to have your brain explode.
"We are probably going to miss school tomorrow due to Winter Storm Harper."
My first thought was that an X-Men character was going to attack the school or some new kid with three first names was shutting the place down. I had no idea that we had taken to naming Winter weather storms.
We all have way too much time on our hands.
"Probably going to need to get out the bird water heater due to the polar vortex that's coming."
Read that sentence a few times and try not to have your brain explode.
"We are probably going to miss school tomorrow due to Winter Storm Harper."
My first thought was that an X-Men character was going to attack the school or some new kid with three first names was shutting the place down. I had no idea that we had taken to naming Winter weather storms.
We all have way too much time on our hands.
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