We’re being hit by a major snowstorm – Snowmageddon they’re calling it – and the kids have been perched by the radio waiting for those magic words. And as hard as they wish for a snow day, I’m counterwishing it.

Think we came out 50/50. The buses got cancelled, but school is on.

I’m known in the ‘hood as the Mom who never lets her kids miss school, so away we go.

Now, because I’m not totally insane or actually the meanest Mom in the world (although I haven’t done a recent survey so my information may be dated), I’m going to pick them up after lunch before the roads are really treacherous.

They’ll spend the afternoon outside anyway, sliding down our pathetic excuse for “Snow Mountain” (we live on a cul de sac and it’s where the plows dump their excess.)

By the time they come back inside, it’ll be a reasonable time to pour a glass and prepare myself for the two weeks they have off. There is a method to my madness.

For a Mom like me who works from home, having kids around is like doing double-shift, with your hands tied behind your back. For true stay-at-home Moms I guess it’s like double-overtime.

So Moms, if you can get them safely to school (and back, they usually recommend), do it. You’ll regret that you didn’t enjoy your last few hours of kidfree time on day 3 of the “vacation”.

Now go put that wine in the fridge to chill. Better yet, start gathering the ingredients for a hot rum toddy to sip on while you’re breaking up fights on your own “Snow Mountain”.