Today was our first Snow Day of the 2006-07 school year.  They called it last night in time for the 10:00 news. 

The sad thing is that the weather forecasters screwed up.  I awoke this morning to find the ground clear of snow.  Around 9:30 this morning a flock of snowflakes fluttered by, but they didn't stick around.  I stayed at home and finished a book, Never Let Me Go.  My son, Owen, must have gone through about six scenarios of Zoo Tycoon 2 over the course of the day.

The fact is:  I hate snow days.  I have ever since I was in 1st grade.  I grew up in Ohio, where snow came every winter and stuck around for weeks at a time.  The only time we got out of school was the first day of a really bad blizzard.  After that, the roads were clear, even though there was a foot of snow on the ground, so we went to school. 

I really, really liked school.  I remember once, in 2nd grade, my teacher called to tell me that school was closed.  I broke into tears and threw a temper tantrum.  Of course, then I went outside and sledded down the hill outside my house for the next six hours.  That's what a snow day is for!!!

Snow days in Tennessee are lousy.  Even when it does snow, the snow usually melts before 2:00 the next afternoon.  Today was a snow day with no snow. 

I'll throw another temper tantrum any minute...just wait, it's coming.