What a way to start the day. Tessa woke me up around 4 a.m.. Thought she wanted to go out. Nope. Maybe it was just a case of wanting to get in bed with me and curl up, or so I thought. While I was awake I got up and got myself a drink of water, gave her a boost up on the bed and was just going to curl up for a long winter's nap, when there was a bright flash of lightning and a bang of thunder
, followed by Sassy flying into the bedroom and wanting up on the bed too. Found out why Tessa wanted up on bed. She's afraid of storms and that's exactly what we were having 
This is January for heaven's sake. It's winter. There's a foot of snow on the ground. It's supposed to be snowing, not doing spring thunderstorms. All I can say is, this is one crazy winter.And I hope our sisters in the south are faring okay, as there is some severe weather moving around down there as well. Thought about Wendy (Readytogo) when I was up around 4:30, as the weather channel was tracking a tornado that was heading in her direction. So maybe she had an early start to her morning too.
As of this moment, the country busses have not announced that they aren't running, so gym class is still on. However, every school in the northern lower and most of the eastern U.P. have closed yet again. Some I have not seen closed in a long time. Even colleges are either closed or delaying. I know the parents of school kids in this area are getting a bit weary of this and I think the kids are too. They have only had something like 10 days of school this month so far due to weather related closures and one scheduled teacher inservice day. I don't know if they have used up all their snow days yet or not, but at this rate, they will be going all summer if it doesn't stop.
So, if between now and 9:30, the county busses don't call it quits, I will be heading for gym class and then to the store to pick up a few things from this week's sales. Probably won't be doing any doggie walks today due to icy roads. Too bad, cause with the recent snowfalls we have had, they were just getting nice for walking and I took my stablicers off my boots for the first time. But temps are supposed to drop this afternoon and we may have an inch or two of snow tonight followed by about 1-3 tomorrow. They will cover up the ice underneath.
Well, sounds like Soos has herself another furry companion. Good going Soos. I know what you mean about not wanting to see the other dogs up for adoption. I'm the same way every time I see a collie up for adoption in the collie rescue website or a new bunch of collie pups. As is, I turned Maize down for financial reasons among other things too, this past fall. But in her case it worked out great as she is now a greeter dog at a Assisted LIving home along with her doggie companion. Her new owners parents reside at this place and the dogs go there every day to visit and roam among the residents. Got to thinking about FL's animal policies too. There's something wrong when the state declares squirrels and other animals off limits to be killed and they are over popuulaitng the place, carrying who knows what kind of disease or even rabies and yet the don't give the dogs or cats a fighting chance to see if somebody will adopt them and let them live out a happy life
Well, enough rambling about animals and weather. Time to go on to other things. Have a great day all.
