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S-N-O-W. I know, terrible isn't it? I woke up this morning to a blanket of snow. I was thrilled. Alabama natives on the other hand, overreacted. Even though the forecast said it would all be melted by midmorning (all one inch of it), they still freaked out. Grocery store shelves were seriously emptied out. Crazy people. It wasn't enough to cancel work, but we did open late. And because so many people were so afraid to go out in the horrible weather, we had 3 teachers and 9 kids. It was beautiful. I took my kids out to play in it for awhile. I didn't have a coat with me but the experience of snow is so rare for them I figured it was worth it. They were so excited about making footprints and eating it and all that good stuff. I even managed to scrape up enough for a little snowman. They didn't want to go in, but I was feeling pretty numb. So I was the mean teacher who made them stop having fun. But I'm going to go now. I'm at the library with an empty stomach and a full bladder. So I need to go take care of both.