Snow and School

We've had so much snow in the past days and yesterday was actually so bad that some of the surrounding areas had to call a snow day on account of impassible roads. Kyle and I did something we've never done before (us having naturally come from GA) which is SNOW SHOVELING! I never realized how hard it was to do that! I couldn't get my feet to grip anywhere because under the snow was thick ice and every time I pushed the shovel into the snow, I pushed myself backwards and then when I let go of the snow on the other side, I'd slide back to my original position. Surprisingly, I wasn't as sore as I thought I would be the next day, although, when I erased the board at school, I did feel a little bit of the work from the previous night. Our neighborhood roads were pretty packed with ice and snow and when I pulled out of our driveway yesterday, my car just kinda swiveled there on the road without me doing anything. This is quite the experience for both of us Georgia kids! We're kinda getting a break from the snow right now--it's been kinda sleety/rainy/moist today but nothing too much.

I started my new job this past Monday as Title I tutor. So far, so good. I like the people I'm working with and the children (well, most of them) are angels--even the ones who don't know their alphabet. I participate in a 1 hour extended day literacy program and I work with 3rd graders. I think I like it so far. The kids are pretty good! They're a little loud but ultimately, they're good kids. I've been working with them on their weekly spelling words through activities such as a word search and scrambling the words (I've only been doing this for a week so I'm sure I'll get new activities--I've been consulting a 3rd grade teacher). Anyway, this program only goes M-Th every week and so it's nice that it doesn't go on Friday and I get one day to go home at 3:15.

Kyle started the night shift again yesterday. Here goes 4 months again (second try)! Well, the last time he went to nights, they switched him back to days about a month or so into it. We'll see if he stays with this shift the whole 4 months or not. It's a bit difficult now since both of us are working. I'm working M-F, 8:15-4:15pm and he works W-S nights and that means that I'm leaving in the morning right as he's getting back into Meridian from Boise. We passed each other on the road this morning. Then in the afternoons, I get home about 45 minutes before he has to leave for work. It's just enough time for me to be there and watch him eat and make his lunch and get a quick hug before he walks out the door. *sigh* We'll (I'll) get through this somehow... :)

I better try to go to bed since I know it'll take me a little while to get to sleep. I kept waking up last night every few hours, partly due to this cold thing that I have and also because of not having Kyle there. Different noises that I never hear when he's hear all of the sudden become more audible. I'm gonna start wearing earplugs. Night night!