It looks like I've already flaked a bit on my New Years resolution to blog more. I started on a new project about three weeks ago and it's been keeping me busy. On the plus side, it involves reviewing documents in Spanish and I'm enjoying the opportunity to use what I learned in Madrid back here in DC. On the down side it requires some long hours and working 6 days a week often (although the pace is quite a bit better than other projects I've been on). In any case I'm usually at the bus stop at 7 am to get across DC to Tenleytown by 8 and after leaving work at 7 pm, I usually don't hit the door to my place until about 8pm. It makes for a long day and since I'm usually inside staring at a computer the whole time, I haven't felt that I have a lot to blog about. But this week we had some snow and ice and it prettied up what is usually my somewhat dreary commute.
First, before the sun was out I took a couple of shots of the snow falling at my bus stop:
This is what things looked like about 20 minutes later at the metro:
And about 40 minutes later near the office where I'm working:
Starting to pile up nicely huh? Sadly it did not last much longer than the next day when most of it melted. I enjoyed the snow and the nice little blast of winter but the panic the weather induces in the local DC populace is always a little annoying. In most cases all the federal agencies will close down if there is even a hint of snow so it can make the commute nice because there are about half the number of people who usually ride the train. On those days (like this week) however, when the snow does not start early enough, the feds don't close and everyone crowds on the train as they are too freaked out to drive on the highways. This is understandable as DC is full of people who come from states and countries that don't get snow and they have no idea how to drive in it. This naturally causes the stupidest accidents that involve a crazy number of cars. I think we all came through relatively unscathed and so far there are no more storms on the horizon.
I have Sunday off and I'm trying to finish a couple of embroidery projects. Hopefully, I can get back into a somewhat regular schedule soon and blog about more than my commute! Until then!
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