Every quarter since I began teaching, I have taken the kids out for restoration workdays in the forest preserves in order to get them some extra credit. That makes 16 workdays, and that doesn't even include workdays for my club or for other random service learning events. Perhaps 25 total. Today, the 17th quarter workday of my teaching career, was the first absolute, undeniable rainout of a workday. We've worked merrily through drizzle and 15 degree lows, snowflakes and blistering heat, but today the heavens unleashed upon us the most unholy downpour, after one hopeful hour in the field at Sundown Meadow. We were soaked, and temperatures were in the 50s, so I reluctantly had to call it. Luckily, I have a great batch of kids again this year (breaking the every-other-year bad batch curse, as last year's were great too), and they were in high spirits after being indulged with lots of processed sugar and simple carbs. Eh, it had to happen eventually.
This just means that the weather will be perfectly obliging next Saturday for our hiking trip to Illinois Beach. Right now, the forecast says 55 degrees and 0% of rain. Let's cross our fingers that it holds.
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