To: Gordon Bazsali From: Colin Bazsali

Brother mine,

Being a public schoolteacher in America doesn’t have many perks. But one of them is snow days! They are like little gifts from the universe saying, “Here is a free day: take a break, sleep in, relax. Watch a movie or read a book. You deserve it.”

Sometimes they call school off the day before if there is a Winter Weather Warning for the next day. Those are great, but the best ones are when you wake up in the morning to a surprise text that says school is closed for the day “due to inclement weather”. That’s when I do a little dance of celebration at 5:30am alone in the dark kitchen before going back to bed.

Today is Sunday, and there is a blizzard warning issued for most of the state. Schools all around have already closed for tomorrow, including my school, Poynette. So no little early morning dance.

I don’t suppose you experienced anything like that as a university teacher? But now for you, every day is a day off. :)

But for me, tomorrow I will have an extra day to read, listen to music, work on my computer hobbies. Thank you, weather gods. Vale.