Uncertainty

We could get some weather today.

Or not.

That's kind of how it works here, so I always view weather reports dubiously. It would be better if weather people would just stand in front of the map, shrug, and say, "You know, it's Missouri, so just be ready for anything, okay?"

They cry wolf more often than not. Except for last year when we got a huge ice storm and were without power for two days. Or the time when they said we were very likely to have tornadoes that evening and an F3 demolished two houses right down the street.

Since Theodore has a significant commute, and also because I am descended from and have given birth to people who watch the Weather Channel for entertainment, I am compelled to watch until I have some answers, which takes awhile. The consensus at this point seems to be freezing drizzle, but I made Theodore take a big candle and matches with him in case the freezing drizzle turns out to be a Ice Storm '08: December Edition. (I was once told a candle can keep you from freezing to death if you're stranded in your car. If it's not true don't tell me, because I get untold comfort from the fact that he could huddle around that candle and survive, and feel all Ma Ingalls-ish and prepared by handing it to him.)

I also have to watch school closings, because even though we homeschool, snow days wreak havoc with my school plans. I can be pretty mean, but not even I can make my kids do school if every child in the neighborhood is in our backyard sledding, and in turn in my kitchen drinking hot chocolate.

So I have to go. My usually tranquil early morning has been spent watching early morning news, which hardly makes a person feel tranquil. And if I'm in for a snow day, I need some quiet and more coffee.