Snow day!

Here's the view out of my engineer's window today, and although you can't see it in this little snap taken by my cellphone, there are numerous dogs and small children gleefully gallivanting about in big piles of fluffy snow.

Overnight, there were apparently 7 inches of snow in Central Park (and that was in the morning, before the AM accumulation -- it kept snowing until about noon) resulting in the first snow day for NYC public schools in FIVE YEARS. (According to NY1, NYC had 10 to 13 inches of snow altogether.)

So today's WNYC (NPR) interview with NYC School Chancellor Joel Klein has confirmed what I suspected: NYC public school kids almost NEVER get snow days (not like I'm bitter or nothin'... I mean, just because I had one measly snow day in 12 years of NYC public education...) mostly due to the issue of childcare: most NYC public school kids have both parents working, so closing the schools would results in childcare logistical angst. Basically, it's all about money, not snow or safety.

Anyway, I think the snow finally stopped, when I looked out of the window a little before 1pm.

And although my insomnia has not exactly stopped, I have consulted with one of my (ever expanding cadre of) doctors, and dug out a bottle of Lunesta prescribed to me last summer. My plan is to take it nightly for a week, just so I can get some decent rest. Hopefully, that will get my body back into the habit of sleeping through the night.

So this will be my inaugural entry for Reasons To Be Thankful (RTBT) since despite my current medical odyssey, there are so many reasons that life is good. Today's RTBT: Lunesta!

Okay, now I'm off to the PATH train... and really wishing that I had brought my hat with me on Saturday 'cos the air temperature is 24 degrees Fahrenheit, but the wind chill is 10. Bleh! (Yes, I know, some gruyere would go really well with the whine.)