. . . and then a pig flew by.

We actually experienced a semi-legitimate snowfall in Nashville this morning!!!




There was a bit more snow initially than you can see in the pictures, but the sun came out and started to melt it before I made it outside with the camera.

Part of what was remarkable about this event was that it came as a fairly sudden surprise. I don't think it is unique to Middle Tennesee that the local media outlets start to freak out a bit anytime there are freezing temperatures + the possibility of precipitation. But this time, I didn't hear or see a thing, not even on weather.com. As a matter of fact, just prior to snapping those pictures, the Weather Channel website was still reporting the current conditions as "Mostly Cloudy." So much for the up-to-the-minute accuracy of los Interwebs.

There was a bit of confusion about whether the Bible study I sit for on Wednesdays would be held or not, stemming from the fact that the church is in Brentwood, a municipality that is located in two different counties with two different school systems. Apparently last year, they determined their schedule based on Davidson County schools, but this year are going with Williamson County.

Anywho, I checked the Metro Nashville Public School website to see if the schools were closed, fully expecting they would be (I'll tell some other time about the so-called "snow days" when the Southeast library would be filled with kids off from school who could instead have been playing outside in the 60 degree temperatures). However, this is what I found when I got to the site (you'll probably need to click on the image to read it):



Okay, so school is in session. Considering that there was no real accumulation and, in fact, most of the snow was melted by 9:30 a.m., this seems like a good call. But what does the part about "driver discretion" mean? A bus driver gets to decide whether or not your child gets picked up for school? Or maybe where to take them once they are picked up? The driver can take the kids to Sonic instead if he's craving a coney and some tots? Metro schools have plenty of problems to begin with, and vague, confusing policy statements (or perhaps just the accurate statement of vague, confusing policies) like that certainly aren't helping things any.

Well, it's about time for me to grab some dinner and then head out to Kickin' It Night (TM) with the NFG-ers, where we are scheduled to watch the 2nd half of the "Battlestar Galactica" movie. Whoo-hoo! More tomorrow.