We had a small blizzard come through overnight last night and I woke up to the news that school had been cancelled; students were instructed to log on for an e-learning day.

“Bye!” I shouted up the stairs to my husband as I left for work an hour later. “Have fun figuring out everyone’s Google Meet codes! Have fun with all the unsolvable tech issues that are sure to stymie all educational progress! And don’t forget: work-from-home is a fucking trap for parents!”

And then I gleefully made my way to a building where there were no children.

I love going in on no school days. Today there were just five of us in the building. We listened to Lady Gaga and then early 2000s hip hop while we worked. The halls and the walkie-talkies were silent. Nobody came in asking us for a band-aid or snow pants.

I do realize it’s ironic that in order to escape my stay-at-home mom lifestyle I took a job at a school full of small children. But I like that it’s a busy, slightly chaotic environment, my co-workers are the best people, and you definitely can’t beat the schedule.

And you definitely can’t beat the snow day. By the time I made it home my kids were already 90% done with their school day. And I avoided confronting my trauma around distance learning.