Snow day

[erinwrites]

Originally published at erin-go-blog!. You can comment here or there.

I probably shouldn’t be enjoying a snow day, given how much work I have to do/how much I need to accomplish with my students before Christmas break….but yeah, sometimes teachers want to sleep in, too.

Somewhere along the line, oatmeal became my breakfast of choice. When I don’t have to work, I VERY much prefer being able to make real oats (as opposed to “quick” oats, which is what I have when I have to get to work). In the summer, when peaches were in season, I was cutting up a peach and drizzling it with honey to have mixed in to my oatmeal. My fall treat is dicing up an apple, cooking with a splash of apple cider added to the water (along with cinnamon and nutmeg) and sweetening with a mix of brown sugar and Splenda. Yum.

I had a shoe tragedy yesterday…my go-to pair of brown loafers (pictured below) has a HUGE crack in the sole. Which I realized when I stepped outside and my foot got wet.

I’ve had them for a few years, and I wore them ALL the time. I bought them at JC Penney, because on sale/with coupon, they are much cheaper than the $75 price tag at the website. So I called JC Penney yesterday, and of course they no longer carry these in-store. I was able to order them from the JC Penney website, but of course this shoe was out of stock. So I got this one instead:

(I do also have a pair of these that I can’t wear anymore, because the lining has worn off the heel area and it was putting holes in the heels of my socks…) So that’s good, but I still want the other ones, too.

Anyway.

I’m having a hard time deciding what to do with my day…be lazy, or be productive? I should probably get some grading done. Maybe read for a bit. We don’t have a tree yet, but maybe I could get some of the other decorations up. Clean? Put on pants and venture out into the world? Sigh…I just DON’T KNOW!

I think I’ll start by emptying the dishwasher. I’ll let you know how it goes. Happy snow day!

Comments

[allisona.livejournal.com]

You get to stay HOME on a Snow Day? Lucky you :). We're expected to get to school anyway or in the case of really bad weather get ourselves to the nearest school in our Board to home. Luckily my closest school is usually my own school so I can get some work done!

[poltr1]

There's gotta be some shoe places around you that can re-sole those shoes for a nominal fee.

A friend of mine works at a shoe repair place in Xenia, Ohio. He just re-soled some Rocky boots for me. But his shop is a bit far for you.

[erinwrites.livejournal.com]

hmmm...I'll have to look into tht.