6:35 AM

I roll over and glance at the glowing green numbers on my clock across the room. 6:35 am

I moan, roll over, and dedicate my self to ,at the very least, ten more minutes of sleep before I venture out into life again.

I tuck my icy toes up closer where the blanket is warmer and try to suppress the dread of facing a day trapped behind the cement walls of the prison, misnamed as school, that I voluntarily go to everyday ( granted some days I go only by being held at gun point).

I slip into the darkness of a wakeful sleep dreaming briefly of unfinished home work and ridiculous teachers.

6:45... ( growl) I stretched and stare at my ceiling blinking, slowly, very slowly, winning the fight against my heavy eyelids. Things that need to be done chasing themselves in dizzying circles.

I work to stuff them down in a drawer of my mind so that I can think strait. Outside my blanket the air is chilly. I hunker under again saying I'll only stay in here for a minute, just until my toes are warm.

My phone buzzes. I pull back the blanket a smidge to glare at the offending object. It lays there mocking my irritation. I snatch it and pull it under the blankets, Who is texting me this early in the morning?

the Message reads : No Choir rehearsal this morning because there is no school.

WHAT?! I sit straight up now fully awake. Bells sound in my head at the ridiculousness of the message. I read it again to be sure there is no mistake. No mistake.

I quickly text back : What?! Why?

as I wait for the reply I pull down the blinds to look out my window. Snow........ SNOW!!! Are you kidding me!!!

There on the ground was at least six inches of the frozen white madness I thought I had seen the last of. But they've never canceled because of snow before. But then it doesn't usually snow in APRIL!! Shock descends for one ridiculous moment, am I dreaming, if I am I'm going to be very cranky when I wake up.

my phone vibrates : It's because of the snow, the radio says that schools closed.

I scramble out of bed and dash down the hall. I flip on the computer and impatiently vibrate in my chair as I wait for it to boot up. It buzzes to life and I connect to the Internet. School website reads the glorious words " No School due to snow". The Hallelujah chorus rings through my mind as I dance around the chair. My sister comes up the stairs in the middle of my mini dance party.

" what are you doing?" she says eyeing me with a look that says, I think I might need to go back to bed. I nearly explode with the excitement of what I'm about to tell her.

Oh I have never been so happy to see snow in my entire life!!