In the wintertime, keep your feet warm.

I had quite a bit of Spanish homework this week. Of course, I left it 'til the last two days... Not smart, because I found out that I'd forgotten so much which made it way harder.

Hmmm, I do believe there's a line that I often tell my students: "You must review your notes every night. If you review concepts within twenty-four hours, you will retain more information!"

Or the old: "Homework isn't there to torture you! You can't learn by doing nothing! Would you just go and play a basketball game without doing anything? Of course not!!! You'd practice!!! That's what homework is! Practice for your brain!"

Anyway, I was feeling a little bit sheepish and hypocritical as I was working on my Spanish homework, aka practice for my brain, since I wasn't following most of my own advice. I should have been reviewing my notes every day!!!

However, will there even be a Spanish class tomorrow? Environment Canada is calling for an epic snowstorm tomorrow, and that's all anyone here is talking about. The kids are excited for it, the teachers are hoping for it, and it was the only topic of conversation tonight at my dentist's office. I was told not to except my cursory "how are you feeling after your filling?" call until Thursday because of the storm.

I think I'd like a snow day, but I'd be really sad to miss Spanish. I'll forget even more! Plus, will I get reimbursed for a lesson? One lesson works out to a chunk of change...

If I get to stay home, I'll be working. I still have four sets of term marking from last semester haunting me and marks are due on Friday. I am totally procrastinating on this. I can hear my own teacher voice calling me out with disgust at my poor work ethic, but meh, why work hard today when I can push myself tomorrow to meet Friday's deadline?

Anyway, happy potential snow day to you all. I'll keep you updated.

p.s. In my career as a teacher, I've never had a snow day. We had 'em all the time in St. Ratford, since that place gets dumped on. When I worked in northwestern Ontario, my classroom was always open despite any weather because I just had to walk there. The usual two or three dedicated kids would come no matter what. If no one showed, I'd go home.

Once since I've been working in Toronto has school been canceled. There was a power outage in the area of my school. It was awesome.

Of course, there was the time that Toronto called in the army because of a big snowstorm. That was back in my first year of university. That's when young Christielli and young Becca T probably used the extra time to study because they were both terrified of failing first year. We were such nerds back then.

UPDATE: It's a snow day. Yay!!!! I can't wait to go back to bed! U of T hasn't cancelled anything yet, so I might still have Spanish. We'll see!