No ice thankfully (or not, depending on how you look at it). It never quite gets cold enough for ice. Just lots of freezing rain.
The boys are bummed because Monday the teachers (and everyone really) were all talking about how an ice storm was coming & there might not be any school Tuesday or Wednesday. Then it just rained and everybody had to go to school.
That's almost the worst thing about winter when you are a kid. Weather forecasts get your hopes up for snow or ice and all the adults start talking about what to do if the roads are bad and school is canceled. You get all excited and giddy at the thought of a day off of school (even though you just started back after a 2 week vacation) and then...
it RAINS.
That just sucks when you are a kid. You were -}this{- close to having a day off and then - you were robbed! Damn those lying weathermen anyway!
But what is the absolute worst thing about winter when you are a kid is when the neighboring school district jumps the gun and cancels school the night before, in anticipation of the storm, but your school district decides to wait & see what happens and call it in the morning. So you end up having to go to school while other people have the DAY OFF and for NO GOOD REASON!
And when you live on the district line and know people who had the day off while you were stuck in school, that is really the absolute worst. Because thoughts of them having to go to school a day or so longer than you at the end of the year are no consolation. June is a very long way away when you are only 7 days into January.
