After a week of exams and illness, it was exactly what we needed to get back on our feet again. Our one snow day turned weekend full of movie watching and reading cuddled up together in a pile of blankets on the couch. The nice thing about the children is that snow shoveling is still a novelty to them, so when it came time to dig us out of our hibernation I had two very willing helpers. We didn’t get to make the snowman that I had promised — the snow was just not the right consistency, but there was more than enough of the stuff available to dig tunnels and slide down the piles left behind by the plows.

It felt good to leave all of my responsibilities behind for a little bit, but the timing of this little holiday came on the last day of early assessments, so we’ll will have some tests to make up this week. This is a “hardship” I am more than willing to face; now I just need to ramp everything back up again to finish out strong in this first round of midterms. This upcoming week is also Diversity Week, an event that we on student council began putting together last trimester in order create opportunities for discussion. I am looking forward to seeing it all come together, and to hearing all of the speakers that we have lined up.