Snow Day

It can get pretty cold in northern Wisconsin. My grade school was in Downsville (then new, which just closed) and the bus ride from Irvington (unincorporated; nearest legit city was Menomonie) was almost an hour. In order to catch the school bus I had to walk about a quarter of a mile down our small road to a corner on the big road.

My mom was a pretty good parent except when she was drunk. Poor mom! She must have felt so guilty afterwards. One bright winter morning I bundled up and trudged off…and the bus never came. After a substantial duration (an hour?) I trundled home. “Mom, I don’t know what happened.” She took one look at me and said, “Oh my, you look like an icicle.” She turned on the radio, and it turned out school had been cancelled because of the unusually cold weather.

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CBS News: Hundreds of Minnesota, Wisconsin schools closed today due to dangerous cold