The sound of the phone rings early in the morning with students half awake and stumbling to get dressed for school. As they brush their teeth they hear their mom call out that, oh wait, there is no school today. They’re excited, they’re jumping for joy, and they immediately run to text friends. This is probably how everyone reacted Feb. 1 when school was canceled, but how about the next day, or the next?

Snow days are the best, and even better when school is canceled that morning. Facebook is cluttered with posts about no school and pretty soon, everyone is chilling around and watching TV.
That won’t always be the same for every day.

On Feb. 2 many students woke up to a pitch black house. No electronics were charging and no heat blaring. The ice was taking over outside and power all over Texas was leaving. While teenagers normally sit and watch TV during days like these, no such option existed for those without power for nearly five or even eight hours, more for other areas of Wylie.

For myself, I ended up snooping around the house until I discovered electric candles, a pair of flashlights, my charged laptop, and heat packs recently purchased as a muscle relaxer. I can only say that those four selections and a blazing fire in the fireplace saved me from crashing my head into the wall walking around blindly until the sun finally rose.

The rolling black out occurred bright and twinkly eyed at 6 in the morning sharp. Each city was forced to undergo an estimated 30 minutes of no power and then a brief time of power before they were left alone and moved onto the next city in peace, with the exception of power outage from the cold climate.

To be honest, I thought it was finally over but as it turns out, Texas is undergoing a major shortage of energy on top of those icy roads and thus, I am once again facing another day without my friends or anything exciting to do, especially if I lose power.

I can’t believe I’m saying this but, when do I get to go back to school?

Snowed in for now,
Tiffany