School got out early today due to snow concerns. Luckily, I know a number of way to get home from my daughter's daycare and did not have to get on the highway. It took about an hour for us to get home, which is not unusual. We waited for John to get home for Lily to have her first snow experience. When John finally got home, we bundled up and went outside. The dogs love the snow and started playing immediately. Lily was a bit more skeptical. She looked at it and was excited that the dogs were running. She got brave and touched the snow. She pulled her hand away and started crying because it was too cold. Lily has gloves, but they do not stay on her hands because her hands are still too small. She did pick up a stick and use it move snow around, but our time outside was very short. I will have to make her some mittens tonight, and we can try it again tomorrow. I am fairly certain we will not have school.
On another note, I did not wear my wig to school yesterday or this morning. I did wear a hat. Baby steps, right? Only one student commented about the hat. We were on our way to the cafeteria, and he asked me if I had cut off all my hair to donate to "one of those places." I took my hat off (there were about 12 students in the line), and a couple of boys at the back of the line started laughing. I told the student who asked me about my hair that my hair fell out from cancer treatment, so I was not a donator of hair but a recipient. The boys at the back of the line stopped laughing. I put my hat back on, and we continued to our destination. I can not remember the last time my heart beated so fast. Why am I so concerned about middle schoolers? Maybe it is the fact that I am putting a very personal thing out to people I do not really trust but have to interact with everyday? Most of the time when people see me without my wig and appear to have some issue, I can just keep walking and know I will not have to see them again. That is not the case here.