Just Cold, Wet, & White

They had been warned. Schools closed early because the roads would be icy for days. The South didn't get much wintry wizardry like this one was expected to be. The talk of the town was "snow days." All the parents who weren't picking their kids up were at the grocery stores stocking up on snacks, getting bread and milk, and thinking ahead for items like toilet paper and candles should the lights go out.

They were prepared though. They had a generator and a Coleman stove if needed.

Mrs. Daniels wasn't happy about the snow days. She already got anxiety thinking about the feeling of being "trapped." She knew the kids would eventually get cranky and begin fighting. It wasn't like she could tell them to stay outside for long. It would be too cold for that.

So, she made sure she stopped by the video store and rented five movies to pop into the VCR, bought popcorn to microwave, and sodas. She also had books and game boards, paper dolls for the girls, and toy airplanes for the boys to assemble and fly. She bought vanilla to make them snow ice cream when snow eventually floated down.

Eventually it did snow, they made the yummy ice cream which nature provided, they all played and laughed at the movies, Popeye, in particular. It was their favorite.

In the South, when it snows, unless you have a microscope, you won't see patterns. You just see white and wet. And it's cold!