SNOW DAY!!!

THAT’S RIGHT! I HAD A SNOW DAY TODAY! …Well…kinda…

Much like a potential snow day, we went to bed last night expecting there to be classes while holding a small hope that classes would be cancelled. Also much like a potential snow day, we were told to tune into our radios this morning to hear the final verdict. I fell asleep last night aware of the work I would need to do today while discreetly crossing my fingers and hoping I would hear word that the schools would be closed.

To our hearts’ delights, we woke up to discover that there would be no school today! However, it was not snow that cancelled classes. In fact, the temperature reached near 40 degrees Celsius today (which is more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit), and the sun shined all day, keeping any sparkle of snow thousands of miles away.

Apparently, today is the day that Malawi celebrated the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. So why weren’t we confident that school would be closed today? Apparently, in Malawi, the day for celebrating Ramadan is not officially scheduled in advance. People have a good idea of when it will be, but, from what I have been told, the holiday is not declared until the morning after the moon is sighted. For the past few days, we have been without a moon, so last night, when the slightest sliver of the moon was sighted, today became the holiday. And just like a snow day, school was cancelled.