“It’s Friday, school is out for the weekend, and I’m too overly excited about a foot of snow falling over my head. I love being out from school on snow days when all the roads are too slick and everyone is slippin’ and slidin’ down the sidewalks — yeeowch! So I stay home and build myself a replicated version of your nice little Moi being Frosty The Snowman, a jolly happy soul with a wig and a scarf. A day off would also give me a chance to study more. Maybe I will beat a ‘C’ average this six-week period in algebra class should I ever score a hundred on my test paper about exponents and polynomials.”
“I went outside to build my own snowman. Or Snowmelody, if you wanna call it that. With the help of some uber-cool photo equipment, I set out to take pictures of my sculptured masterpiece after five grueling and freezing hours in the making. My dear old feline friend Midnite dressed warmly for the occasion. Say, those paws are gettin’ too numb in the frigid cold, aren’t they? I put on some fancy footsies to help keep ‘em warm!”
“You know something? I think I made her head too small. There must be a feature on social media where you can alter body proportions like height or weight. Well, Ms. Jack Frost couldn’t be able to look around, smell, see or breathe if she flipped her head. Time will tell, not if, but when she melts away in the warm southern exposure to sunshine.”
“Sunday morning was another story altogether. I looked out of the living room window and witnessed a pair of snow statues standing tall and short in the front yard. Not only did a stranger build Midnite from the ground up as if she were a Hello Kitty snow cone, but there I was, standing there in a pose like the boogie movie man John Travolta. A case of Winter Fever if you ask me! Whoever built this from the ground up must be a hardcore fan of your teen sweetheart Melody! Thank you to whoever you are. I would have loved to send you a fresh banana cake as a heartfelt compliment!”
“The weekend moved along with an average temperature of nine degrees Fahrenheit and slippery streets turning into squishy slush. One can expect a last-minute announcement from my local school district that institutions would be 100% closed tomorrow. By the way, I hate Mondays. I mean, in theory, nobody wants to ride a school bus if it’s gonna slide its way towards a stop sign. Kids among us behold the moment when we can savor a free day or two without obeying the rules and taking the slack from faculty egging us about how to behave like good little girls and boys.”
“Now it’s Monday morning and something really surprised me when I turned on the TV. The ticker tape plastered on the bottom reveals the two dreaded words: “virtual learning”. Now I know why modern society has computers, broadband and 5G, so they found a workaround to spoil my potential day off. Instead of going outside throwing snowballs this year, I get hit by curveballs from the school system. Every student has to log in to the school’s torture chamber of education and face virtual reality. That is by logging in to online classes, or else get marked as “absent” — enough to ruin a perfect attendance record. I miss the good old days when I can watch old reruns of ‘The Letter People’ on public television. At least I can still slurp a hot bowl of alphabet soup because we still get thirty free minutes for lunch period. Too bad I won’t have time to stovetop it. I’ll have to use the microwave instead.”
“I guess it isn’t always bad to try out and learn new experiences. You can say that remote learning was kinda neat, but I can’t help why I’m feeling so annoyed about missing out on the free time I had while being so much younger. And I’ve learned so much about learning today when I’m still growing up learning how to navigate this complex and complicated world where everything evolves.”
“Oh, and one more thing. Punxsutawney Phil was right on the snout about having six more weeks of winter. He says the same thing every February 2nd, but I’m not gonna let school dampen my winter fun.”
Written and Produced By J. ATWOOD. ©️2026.
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