I'm in a snow area as well and for many years I worked in a freezer.... That was sure a fun job!

When I was in school, I could not wait to finish and get on with life and a job, now I wish I was back in school.....

David

:Snow Flake:

I miss the snow something fierce. I now live in Arkansas. Previously, I lived in Sault Saint Marie, Michigan and Buffalo, New York. They were both "snow central". Now I live in a place where if it snows, it's barely a dusting. I really miss it. I remember waking up in Buffalo during a white out and calling my brother here in Arkansas at 5:00 in the morning just to tell him I didn't have to get up 'cause it was snowing. I had a day off! He was so angry. We had lots of neat hills that we could sled down. Wow. I really miss that. You are a very fortunate person to be able to live in such a blessed area. Enjoy the snow. It may not always be there.

While we are talking weather, we have just had the hottest week on record here in south east Australia. 3 days in a row above 43 degress celcius, Friday was 45.1, not 100% sure but that is something like 120F. Bloody Hot!! Roads melting, massive power cuts, bushfires and public transport shut down. Luckily I can still play my vintage drums when the power is cut. Unbelievable weather. Enjoy the snow!

Cheers

Well... let me promise you this... the teachers and administrators sure don't want to be there anymore than you do (my wife is a school teacher, my mom was school teacher, and my grandfather was a principle).

TAKE HEART; It is good to be smart... lucky is better, but in the absence of luck, smart is a nice thing to have in your pocket. (Some of us didn't get either and ended up expendable middle managers in a basement office.) :(

Study hard young man.. fill your life's tool chest with as many different tools as you can... music is a good one to have in there... but math, science and literature might be the hammers that pound open a gilded door someday to.