snow or rain???

today was very cold...this morning, nate and i rode our scooters for the hour trip to school. we were ice cubes by the time we got to school. it is not a good idea to ride for an hour in the elements. we took the bus home and left our bikes at school. it slushed ( snow/rain) all day which was quite the event because it rarely snows here. Now I know that you are wondering, "how can they be complaining about the cold when it doesn't even snow?" well, the answer is two-fold. First, the rumor has it that it is so polluted here that the snow can't get through, even if it wanted to. Secondly, imagine being in the cold ALL day with no warm cars, rooms, houses, etc. That is why the cold is so hard to bear. Hopefully by Monday our heater units will be installed in our school rooms so we will have heat when school starts. Until then we will continue wearing our 5 layers, hats, scarves, mittens, wool socks, etc. to stay warm. :)
Tomorrow is open house at school, so we have been working hard to get the school building ready and clean. The library is getting closer to being completed, so hopefully I will be in it by the end of next week. Nate's class room is looking good....still waiting for desks to arrive ( hopefully before Monday). Some of the outside flooring still needs to be installed. The white boards got installed yesterday and they look great. Our school building is the first building in the development to be completed, so there is lots of construction going on all around us.