Winter-not-so-wonderland

I've had enough snow now. Can we return to bog-standard February sleet and cold please? The roads haven't yet been as bad as the previous snowy episode, by which I mean my car has not yet attempted to drift sideways into the door of another vehicle. Earlier in the week it was only the schools in the sticks which were closed, but at some point this morning Daughter's school appeared on the county list. It would probably now be easier to list the schools that are open - in fact I have a suspicion that the situation could be described as: state schools and pre-schools - closed; private schools and paid childcare - open. Cynical? Moi?

I went to work while Husband stayed at home, and tomorrow, assuming the school is closed again we'll reverse the roles. He'll take the car if so, having walked his bike most of the way yesterday. I can live with a day off work, especially if we work out early enough that the school is closed, and if Daughter is good enough to have a lie-in again. I longed to go back to bed this morning ...

I was a bit disappointed that Daughter's playdate for after school disappeared into thin air - I texted the mum to say we'd still have her at any point, and she was welcome to come round for a coffee, but they never materialised. I do wonder if it was because I made it clear (as I thought I should) that it would be Husband at home today. Well, I guess tomorrow if there is no school again I should try to come up with some educational things for Daughter to do. Today has featured Club Penguin (as does every day), some sledging, a walk to the shop and Cranium Hullaballoo, as far as I can tell. Another walk to the shop for rocky road ingredients sounds good, more Hullaballoo, some reading, and as little Club Penguin as I can get away with will do for tomorrow.