On the snow days of my childhood, my mom would take advantage of her children being home and have us clean our rooms. Snow days were a mixed blessing. How exciting to be home mid-week! How crappy to have to clean. Sledding! Dusting. Snowmen! Weeding out stuff.
Eventually a snow day meant I could go into work for a whole day instead of just after school, which of course meant a bigger paycheck.
As a teacher, snow days still give me a thrill. I woke at my usual early workday hour, reached for my iPhone, and hopped onto my college's site. There it was, the little red banner saying the college was closed. Ahhh, back to sleep I went until it was time to take Neal to his bus.
I like having a job that ties me to my childhood in its rhythms. The snow day work ethic my mom instilled in me emerged. I did lots of food prep in the morning and lots of grading in the afternoon. I stole a little time for weaving, though, and I got outside to run around with the dogs.
If only there had been some real snow. We only got about 2" here. So much for the anticipated 12"!
Whether you had to go in to work on this snowy day (or, hey, maybe you don't live in a snowy area!) or not, what do you like about your job?
Also, happy birthday to my sister Maureen! Yup, she is 1 year and 364 days older than I am. Imagine that!
Happy Birthday, Maureen!
When I find out what I like, I’ll let you know. ;^)
xo
I love my job. I pretty much love almost every aspect, except, well, grading. I love getting to know the kids. I love getting into a vibe with the classes. I love learning their thoughts. Even when they piss me off, I still kind of love everything about the job. Remind me of this in April/May please…
What do I like best about my job(s)?
Ein rega dal.
“never a dull moment”
I’m not in my “real” job yet but I work at joann fabrics. I like when I REALLY help a customer. not just answering a question but telling them how to do something bit by bit.
We are still gettign snow, but in PA they got all our snow plus theirs!
I usually love my job. But, I never get a snow day. As a matter of fact, everyone always shows up for their scheduled surgery. It doesn’t matter how much snow is on the ground, how much is predicted to fall or if conditions are unsafe to drive in. They always show up. I ended up working a little over 12 hours today and it seems like the rest of the state got their snow day!
By the way, happy late birthday! Hope it was a good one!
Oh tell me about it. Woke up to find school was cancelled, but was royally peeved at about 1 PM when it was still dry as a bone outside. Because we are a program and not really a school we have to make yesterday up in June. Bummer. And CT was supposed to get 8-14 inches!!! I’m sick of the Scott Heiny et. al. warning me of impending blizzards that end up being dustings. Second time since december!
I like being able to check blogs from work 🙂 I love the people and I like feeling like I make a difference to this planet!