lovely weather on the way

[mckitterick]

Freezing rain is scheduled for this afternoon and tonight. Dammit, I have class in Overland Park (45-minute drive along dark Highway 10) tonight. Hmmm, I hate to cancel class.... And as I type this, sleet and freezing rain are beginning to fall. I just sent a letter to the students to cancel for tonight, darnit, giving them options for how to make up for it. It's the last get-together for them! We have a meeting with their writers, but this is their last them-only class. Harumph, weather.

If you live far from work, drive safe, and go home early if you can!

EDIT: One of my students just wrote that his dad is driving 10mph on the highway back from Topeka, watching cars spin out left and right. The roads outside my house are white with ice, and cars are slipping on it. I also just canceled office hours, because I'm not going to scooter up the hill in this crap. So: My plan is to spend the afternoon working on a new novel (with Grand Master James Gunn, no less!).

EDIT2: Good news: The Edwards Campus (where I'm supposed to teach tonight) has officially canceled class, thereby relieving me of guilt for canceling. The students voted, and they get two classes next week instead!

Best,
Chris

Comments

[bellanorth.livejournal.com]

I hear that Baldwin is getting hit pretty hard so cancelling your class was probably the best thing to do, even if you were reluctant to do so. Some of my office mates are leaving now, if they live in surrounding towns. May we all be warm and safe today.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

KC is still dry, and just as well.

[kijjohnson.livejournal.com]

You're doing the right thing, even if it sucks.

Stay warm! Cuddle the catzel.

[geekmom.livejournal.com]

I called in today, and I'm so glad I did.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Tell our Grand Master hello for me. :)

BTW, he does not know that I dumbfounded the Egotistial Author. Never told him. :)

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Not for long! Watch the Doppler....

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Sure, happy to do so, but you should tell him, yourself; then you can include the person's name if you wish.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Am doing so: Put on the insulated flannel shirt over the warm stuff I'm wearing. Also just set up a side-table near the front window with a pillow and towel on top if it so she can watch the snow falling and people slip-sliding along the sidewalk. She's loving it!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Sounds like the same thing is happening all over KU right now....

[everflame.livejournal.com]

>>So: My plan is to spend the afternoon working on a new novel (with Grand Master James Gunn, no less!).

Good plan! In fact, since KU will *never* let us close the office, I might just pull out the old flash drive and work on writing myself instead of swimming through some departmental junk mail...

I wrote a relatively kick-ass query letter yesterday, and I am about to dive back into that scary and unsettling space that is Rejectionland! *eeee*

[bdkellmer.livejournal.com]

Although if you were in Redmond now, you wouldn't be in any better position -- my entire SMS doc team (all 9 of us) are RASing in.

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

Whew! Glad to hear it. I was worried you were going to do something ill-considered. This is the right thing for the safety of you *and* your students.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I saw that post of yours: Good luck! And an excellent plan; you can do that there without getting in trouble?

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I bet! If I were working out there, I'd certainly be testing the RAS system, as I always commuted via motorbike.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

The radio just announced that we might get as much as one inch of ice on the roads tonight. Wow! Perhaps I'll pull a Weaselmom&Dad and help people up the hill this afternoon.

[everflame.livejournal.com]

Well, if I got *caught* there might be a little trouble... but my office manager doesn't care as long as I'm not putting of important work. Which I'm not. So, all's good. :D

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Oh, I am pretty sure he will be able to fill it in -- he hasn't asked me to do *that* many things for other people in all those years,

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

You would need strap-on foot-claws...though walking on the grass always worked for me.

I suspect that Jim should not be out walking around in this stuff.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I already suggested he go home ASAP - and got no reply. Thus I suspect he's home already.

[adammaker.livejournal.com]

Dear KU Edwards Campus students, staff and faculty:

Due to Inclement Weather, the decision has been made to cancel all classes, Wednesday, November 29, 2006. The campus will close today at 6:00 p.m.

Students and faculty should always use their best judgment on whether to come to campus for classes during inclement weather. Future information about inclement weather for today and tomorrow will be posted on our website at http://edwardscampus.ku.edu <http://edwardscampus.ku.edu/> and by calling our Inclement Weather Line at (913)897-8499.

Thanks!

Mary

take care of...

[gregpeteler.livejournal.com]

Take care of yourself...self...self...self.

[fireguarder.livejournal.com]

Cars were having trouble stopping at the crosswalks on Mississippi St. behind the Union, and students were having trouble staying upright on the sidewalks. We were watching all this out the big windows. Our store manager asked that we not brave the elements to do the two out-of-store booksignings we had scheduled. We did not object.