Even if I didn’t watch the weather to know that we are supposed to have some wintery weather coming our way, I’d know it by a few signs that always tell me disruptive weather is on the way. I don’t feel it in my bones or anything like old people do. Usually, there are two ways I know the weather will be changing.

The first is that my sinus’ always act up before a major weather change. Today my sinus’ have been acting up. My nose will spend a few hours completely clogged or it will be runny and need tissues constantly. When this happens I know the weather will be changing.

The second sign is that my students at school really misbehave. Around Wednesday their behavior started to go downhill. Today their behavior was just awful. They wouldn’t stay seated, they kept talking all day, and they got on each other’s nerves most of the day. In the 18 years I’ve been teaching, this has always been a sign that bad weather is on the way.

And if those signs don’t work, I can always watch the news to hear the winter weather will be returning to the DC area this weekend. Hopefully, it won’t be so bad to cancel my photo shoots this weekend.