It’s 6 AM when that annoying buzzing sound rouses me from my enjoyable sleep. I roll over, unlock my phone screen and get blinded by the light. I lay in bed a few minutes to get my vision back before shoving the warm covers off of my now freezing body and stand out of bed. I raise my hands over my head and stretch my cramped up body before I catch a glimpse of a shiny white powder covering the ground. My morning just went from bad to worse.
I grabbed my remote and switch on my TV. I squint at the brightness and barely make out the words I didn’t want to see flash across the bottom of the screen. “HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: CLOSED”
Wonderful. Snow means bad roads. Bad roads means no where to go. No where to go means I get to sit at home with my younger sisters all day. What could be more horrific than that?!
“Well isn’t this just great,” my conscience adds. The roads can’t be that bad. I pull my coat off the rack and slips on my snow boots. I trudge out the front door and through the white life ruiner. The little flakes of disaster continue to fall around me and the road is just as covered as my yard.
When I get back in the house I’m wide awake so more sleep isn’t an option anymore. Sleep is much needed so when I wake up to be told I didn’t have to wake up, I’m not a happy camper. Maybe if I grabbed my latest endeavor “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, I wouldn’t have a problem. No, I’m not doing school work if there’s no school.
As soon as I think about school, the thought creeps up on me. “You’ll have to make this day up at the end of the year.” NO. When the weather is warm and inviting, I’ll be stuck in a classroom full of teenagers that want to be out as badly as I do. Then the next thought creeps up on me. “Seniors won’t be in school because they don’t have to make these up.” Well lucky them. While we sit and do absolutely nothing, seniors get to be out and about finally enjoying their summer. Well that just doesn’t seem right. 180 days means 180 days, no exceptions. Of course, when I’m a senior, I won’t be complaining. But right now, they should be stuck just as long as the rest of us.