s-NO!-w. (Yes)

I'm in the teacher's lounge at work because I'm snowed in in Huelma! I wish I had my camera here because it is so beautiful today. It's snowing so hard--I haven't seen snow like this in years. And there's thunder, too, which is crazy! The man who drives my carpool came bursting into my classroom today and told me we had to leave immediately. I think he wanted to try to beat the bad weather and the snow piling up on the roads. But, alas, we failed this mission as we came upon a stretch of road that we couldn't pass. We would have needed chains (which, silly man, he doesn't have even though he works in the mtns and drives there 5 days a week). So we turned around and it took us forever to get back because the entrance to the town was really backed up with traffic and stranded cars. Finally, we made it back to the colegio (the school where I work) and I'm here for another 15 until we "go eat" and then "see what happens". The good thing is that I have the choice of like 3630478 places to stay tonight and I can actually hang out with Adrian, the other auxiliar who works at the high school. He's totally cool and we never get the opportunity to spend time together. So this will be great!

Today, also, of course, I'm in the process of washing my coat so I don't have a good coat with me. Or a hat. Or water resistant shoes. In fact, I am wearing the worst shoes possible: the shoes with the most holes in them (note the use of the word 'most', which, yes, indicates that ALL of my shoes currently have holes in them. mierda. look u guys; i'm totally pobre!)

All the kids are leaving school. Parents are arriving in a straight stream to retreive their kids early and retreat into their homes. Half the people here are stressed today, and the other half have receded into laugh it off & celebrate it-mode. I'm joining the team of the latter. Adventure tiiiiiiiime :) !!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3