Snowed In

[missizzy]

After a week of anticipation and my mother's rants about people getting overexcited and how if the government behaved responsibly this blizzard would not be able to shut the DC area down, I finally left the Pentagon around lunchtime, just before the federal government closed, went to Pentagon City to run a couple last minute errands(my phone's Twitter app picked a terrible time to malfunction), and finally walked home from King Street just as the snow was starting to fall. When I left the metro station the snow wasn't sticking yet, but by the time I got in the ground was pretty much covered. About twenty-four hours later mom and I stepped outside to see if the walk was shovelable, and found the snow high enough to make even getting past the doorstep a dicey prospect for two women with pretty limited physical strength. Thankfully there were a pair of guys going around the neighborhood offering to shovel people's walks for money. Now the blizzard is passed, but large amounts of snow remain, and I await announcements from the metro, Alexandria's DASH bus service, and the government itself to learn whether I'll be going into work tomorrow; I can't until all three are back online. Serve the negligent government right.
It's been a pretty pleasant weekend, all in all, especially with Nationals to watch; I was actually grateful for the storm allowing me to be home at 3:30 for the short dance, which I would have otherwise missed. I am over the moon about the Shibutanis winning their title, impressed enough with Tarah Kayne & Danny O'Shea to be pleased with their win as well, and, after Thursday night, too relieved that Ashley made Worlds to mind her coming in third. Besides, making if she gets there still mad, she'll pull her short off for once...