It started Monday Feb 7th--- I would not be going in to work this morning, b/c I had JURY DUTY, I was a little nervous b/c I had not done this before and really didn't know what to except. So, I was up getting ready , Savannah's alarm had gone off and now she was up getting ready for school. It was a little after 6:00 am, and I was fixing to walk down the hall to wake up Dalton, and the phone rang. So, I ran back to the phone, thinking it might be my mother in law, I didn't know who else would be calling me this early in the morning. I picked up my phone saw the caller ID, and the number was a odd one but having this call in the past, I knew who it was. I answered, yes I was correct it was the automatic call from the school..."Obion County schools will closed due to the storm coming" I was so puzzled! See it was not doing anything, did not think we would be getting that much that would matter. I looked outside (still dark) and I did notice that it was a mixture of rain and snow coming down. Called my mother in law in shock that they canceled school, she didn't think it was going to be that much either. Oh well what I'm going to do, of course Savannah was already dressed for school, and was surprised by this call also. Then I wondered if they would still have Circurt Court today? This meant, Deon wasn't going to have miss work, Dalton had been sick Sat and Sun and b/c of me having no choice but to go to jury duty he was going to stay home. But now that school was out, my mother in law said she could watch the kids, while I went to jury duty. ( I'll have to post another blog regarding the adventure of jury duty) Around 7 am, I looked outside and it had turned into all snow, and it was sticking really good, a little on the roads already. I guess now the smart thing was to cancel school, apparently they knew what was going to happen even though we did not. Around 8 am it was really coming down, and I couldn't get through to the court house to see if they were open or not, so I decided I would go anyway, did not want to get in trouble. Dropped the kids off at my mother in laws, and slowly headed to town. The roads were not too bad, but there was snow on it and I was not taking any chances. Only vechicles I saw that morning was mostly trucks, and here I was in my little car. My car did good, took me 45 mins to get to the court house, when usually it takes about 15. Not to ruin my next most, I did have to stay at the court house most of the day, and WOW that snow was coming down, looked like a blizzard. Heard stories of people slidding off the roads etc.. I was glad I wasn't out in it at that time. Got home around 2:30 and by then the roads were pretty clear with the help w/ truck w/ scrappers on them. Dalton went outside to build himself a snowman, while Savannah and I stayed in the warm house. B/c of the snow in the past weeks, Savannah was tired of the snow. I just like looking @ it from inside : ) That evening, we got the call again stating school would be out due to side roads still having snow it. The weatherman predicted 1-3 inches of snow for our area, we ended up w/ 6 inches!
Tuesday, Feb 8th----Got up this morning, and just hung out. I did take Dalton sledding that afternoon, again Savannah did not want to get out that much in it, she did get out that morning and just played in the yard. But Dalton kept begging to go sledding. Which I did let him go that morning by himself, but could only go on one certain hill, which was just outside of our back yard in the woods. Papa (my father in law) saw him, and did go down there with him to watch Dalton sled. But later that afternoon, I took him again on the other hills. It was great snow to sled on, he had a blast, and we took our lab with us, and that dog LOVES snow, it was so funny to watch him. Later that afternoon, we kept wondering if we would have school or not, the weathermen were saying another snow storm was coming, but the heavier stuff would be closer to noon. I was going to have to go in to work anyway on Wed to help unload the food truck, so we were going to get there early, so we could get it unloaded and get back home before the snow hit. We never got the call that night so I figured they would call Wed morn, or we would go and end up getting out early.
Wednesday, Feb 9th-----Got up regular time to get ready for work, didn't see anything on the news about no school, had not recieved the call yet which the call had been made in the past around 5 am. Savannah's alarm went off told her I'm guessing we are going to school, so she started getting ready. About 3 mins after she got up, my phone rang, I thought to myself "Now they call" lol...picked up the phone, and yep that was who was calling, to state would not be going to school due to the weather. Savannah just looked at me and said "Are you kidding me??," I just laughed and said "you can go back to bed" she responded " Nah, I'm awake now". So, I still went ahead and got ready due to that I was still going in for a few hours. Deon stays home on Wed to do his school work, so the kids would be able to stay with him. Went on to work, straitened up some stuff, dump some old food that was turning bad due to being used in days, chatted, and unloaded the truck went arrived. Headed back home around 9:30, and it was spitting a little snow. By the time I got to my house, the snow was coming down a little more. I was only home for maybe 20 minutes, when I looked outside, and it was coming down good, and already sticking to the roads. It dumped alot snow in a few hour time Wed. We ended up going out and playing in the snow that afternoon. Deon got his 3 wheeler out, and pulled me and Dalton on the sled, while Savannah rode. We ended up with another 5-6 inches. The snow was beautiful! We got the call Wed night that again we would be out of school. The temp was going to be in the teens that night and those roads were going to freeze.
Thursday, Feb 10th--- This was the 4th day of snow school. Savannah was ready to go to school, Dalton was very happy with not going. Mostly Savannah just wanted to see her friends and get out of the house. I mostly did some laundry, and watched movies. The kids went out and played in the snow some, but I think they are getting tired of it, even Dalton. My poor yorkie almost gets burried in the snow he is so small when he goes out in it. LOL Deon went on to work, but said the roads were awful and very slick. Of course there were some wrecker calls from people sliding off the roads. Some people are not very smart when they drive on snow/ice. They think they are superman or something. They started clearing the roads that afternoon, and by the time Deon got home that night, he said the roads a little better, but some side roads were still covered. He doubted we would go to school AGAIN! That evening we got the call, NO SCHOOL for Friday due to the roads.
Friday, February 11th----5th day of no school. That morning, I knew we had to get out to go to Walmart! Our cabinets and fridge was EMPTY. So me and the kids ventured out to Walmart to get groceries and Valintine gifts. We were in Walmart for 2 hours! It was crazy as always in there lol. We came back home, and were just lazy. The kids did not even go outside, Dalton did not bugg me to take him sledding. We are ready for this snow to go away!
Well now that you know our week. I apologize for this being so long. It just all started coming out. :)
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