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And a Nose Muff

I walk outside after an 8 hour shift Having no idea, it is a seventy-four degree day. I am wearing my wooly hat, that covers most of my face, And my coat is buttoned up to my nose. How had I missed this sunlit day? I didn’t even hear anyone say,”Hey, It’s really warm out there!” Bullocks. I can counsel children outside, as well as in. I actually prefer listening to them outside. I feel really strange that I totally missed this. I missed an entire sun-filled afternoon! I strip Off my coat, scarf, and fluffy overfilled hat, and Get into my car thinking how silly I looked wearing A hat with ear flaps as I left my school building. “You’re ready for tomorrow,” another teacher had yelled at me Before I could loosen all the locks and whistles that hold the Ear flaps and nose-**** in place. “It’ll be 30 degrees tomorrow, and that’s the high!” Welcome to Kansas and Missouri.

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Date: 5/6/2018 5:26:00 PM
Yup! Sounds familiar; Chicago's about the same, as you know...You just gotta weather the weather, no ifs, ands or whethers! :) gw
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/6/2018 6:55:00 PM
I surely do. My eldest daughter graduated from Elgin High, and I received my bachelors in the first graduating class of National Louis University in Evanston. I did my student teaching in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

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