White Christmas?

I want a white Christmas really badly. I want it with a passion. The fact that I know that Christmas Eve is this Saturday and upon looking outside I see green grass just makes me sad. I need a little snowflake loving and snowman building and snow fort sculpting and snowball fighting. Without these things, it barely feels like Christmas time. My house is surely decorated (talked about in an earlier post) with snow featured trinkets and such, but it does not reflect the outside weather. I know where all my snow has gone though. Apparently a different Midwest area stole all my snow and is “suffering” through news-worthy blizzards. Pieces of poop. I want that snow. Apparently “visibility was reduced to zero”.  Tragic for travelers (it actually has accounted for two deaths in Colorado: an inmate and a guard), but wonderful for the typical school-age student who prays every night for a snow day so they don’t have to explain why they failed to get their homework done yet again.  Speaking of which, why do teachers think it is okay to pile homework and tests and quizzes miles high for the last four day school week before my very long Christmas break. I’m already in the vacation sort of mind. My “I’ll do it over break” excuse is not working so well when teachers change the due dates to before break so we can truly “relax”. I want to relax now! I want 2 weeks to do something, not four days silly. And what is the point of making things due Tuesday and Wednesday? Are you really going to grade it before break? Why not just have it due Thursday since it’s our last day and all. Ughs. The public school system is frustrating me.  Sincerely Sydney