Sparkle Kingdom

[Ryvvi]

https://youtu.be/Dmvc0DZJM-I

LOOK AT HOW CUTE THESE BABIES ARE

[Mousy]

*sprinkles sparkles everywhere*

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I'm hoping our recent rains will bring some rainbows....<hoping, hoping>

[Mousy]

We've been on Spring break and it has been rainy and gloomy this whoooooole time. It's supposed to be nice and sunny NEXT week though! haha


So, random fun fact~ TX changed the laws for school days and instead of having to go a full 180 days, we have to go like 75,600 minutes or something similar and this was effective Jan.1.
We will be waaaaaay over the required minutes this school year, so the school board decided that any bad weather days we have, we won't have to make up. We were SO excited when we heard.
But then it forgot to winter.
so no snow days.
I told my coteachers that our next bad weather event would have to be a flood. OF COURSE it floods on spring break. on a time when we are off. and won't have to make up the days anyway. ugh. XD

[Lemon Cheesecake]

Mousy: i hope the floods aren't affecting YOU where you are. Our spring break isn't until the end of March. Not looking forward to the time change tonight....I like my sleep!... how can they be so accurate at figuring out minutes in a school year...? I never got the 180 day thing though, just reminded me of the story "around the world in 180 days" how do they come up with that as being enough learning time per year?

Well, soon enough all your minutes will be taken up with one particular student that you will be teaching for all of his adolescent days...

[Mousy]

It affected my city, but not me. If my house floods, then everyone else is screwed because they are at a lower elevation than we are. Had we been in session, we would have had at least one weather day. I'm sure of it! I don't think we suffered any loss of life, but quite a few people learned the hard way that their car couldn't make it through the water covering the road. A few neighboring towns had to evacuate for a day or 2, but they have the all clear now to come back. It was mostly places by lakes and stuff. We didn't get it nearly as bad as Louisiana, but they are at a lower elevation too.

I don't understand the days vs minutes thing either, but it is what it is. I think that by changing it to minutes, it gave districts more flexibility. I've seen a number of TX schools going to 4 days/week to save money, but increasing their school day to accommodate the required minutes. They would save money by not having to run transportation, pay paras, cafeteria, and electricity. They haven't decided to go to a 4 day week in my district, but my 16-17 school year starts later and ends earlier!

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I saw photos on the news of people driving in flooded areas and then being stuck - which I can never figure out why people drive into the water, going from a "safer position" to an almost certain unsafe position. However I guess if your car is parked somewhere and the floods come there isn't too much they can do if they are trying to get out?
Fortunately I have never been, and hope never to be, in such a position.

[dragoness129]

-puts more sparkles on the walls- ^_^

[Lemon Cheesecake]

FORMULA ONE STARTS IN AUSTRALIA THIS WEEK END !!!!!

Do they have your roads blocked over there Ryvvi? Maybe you can meet one of those cute (and wealthy and humorous and adventurous) formula one drivers while they are over in your area.... just thinking out loud...

[Ryvvi]

UUUUURGH
i am so sick of formula 1
its all the guys will let us have on the tv at work D<

[galled]

F1 has gotten really boring and stupid. But I can't stop watching it! I may stop watching qualifying if they don't change the format... people need to be fired!

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I can go either way on the qualifying - I'm more interested in the racing and the side bar show highlights.

Looks like it is cloudy for the race though - so you must be getting some colder weather now Ryv ?

(and even though I like Formula 1 racing, I'm sorry that's all the guys will let you watch)

[Ryvvi]

its freezing its barely even gonna hit 20C today ;-;

[Lemon Cheesecake]

well, 70 F is not all thaaaat bad. It's about what we had here this morning with the cloud coverage but it did get sunny. They showed a site of the city, funny to see the cars on the road way driving on the opposite side.

But our weather is getting warmer now and soon the green grass will be dried up and everything won't be so pretty anymore.

But seriously, do you get to see anything of the formula one cars or are you too far away?


Crash news: http://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2016/0 ... cnews:text

Highlights, in case you missed it:
http://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2016/0 ... -on-debut/

[Ryvvi]

I dont see anything to do with F1~ different side of town
and i dont live in a nice enough part of town for them to visiting xD