Stormy day at home

 Really strong storms with high winds, hail, and the chance of tornadoes will be rolling through the area starting at about lunchtime today. For this reason, the school district (along with most districts in eastern South Carolina) have called for an "e-learning" day. Everyone stays home and the students log onto Google Classroom with their school-issued laptops to do their work and get credit for attendance. With winds expected to gust over 50 mph this afternoon, it wouldn't be safe for school buses on the road. 

Working from home, for me, only involves a couple of hours of answering the school phones (with the Zoom app on my cell phone) and checking my email. I'm covering the phones for the first three hours of the day, and the receptionist will take over at 11:00 to finish out the afternoon. So far, I've only had one call this morning. Since the days of Covid everyone has gotten used to e-learning days and knows what to do.

It's so nice to be able to stay home when bad weather threatens. I'm very lucky. As long as I keep my phone nearby this morning, I can stay in pajamas, drink coffee, write on my blog, and hang out with the dogs and Marco. 

Hopefully we won't get any tornadoes! That's my only weather-related worry today.

Figures

I finally got a weekend off, and I've caught a nasty little cold. Chills, cough, congestion, sneezing, fatigue and body aches...and on top of that, the weather is lousy. It's been cold and rainy all week and it doesn't look like it's going to improve any before tomorrow night.

Bleh.

I had to force myself to finally get out of bed this afternoon. I took a hot shower, and that helped a tiny bit. Now for soup and tv and whiskey toddies, and all the little comforts that help make a cold more bearable.

Hope everyone is having a better weekend than me!