The snow must go on!
You'd think, snowed in, I would find the time to rest and update other people on my life. Well, I'll take this opportunity at least...
Thursday-Inaugural
So, Thursday I got up at 6am (only having about 5 to 6 hours of sleep the previous two days) and took the MARC down to DC and met up with 40 of my closest friends for the TYBOB protest. We went through mountains of security, watched other groups get tear-gassed or peppersprayed as they tried to parade down eighth street, went through security again because STARBUCKS was considered insecure, turned our backs on Clinton's motorcade by accident (swearing when I realized it, then it made the 40-50 cops within earshot laugh :) but finally turned our backs on bush. It was moving to stand there, stony faced, calmly turning your back on a motorcade - backed up by 30 other people doing the same thing (and other protesters) - backed up by thousands of cops also with their back to the president. We got some minor verbal scuffles every now and again, but since we weren't identifying who we were, the instigators tended to stay with those with signs and tee shirts. Favorite sign: the only bush i trust is my own (gave her a marker too to make it more visible). I also think liberals better understand what "Excuse me" means - either that or the bush supporters could smell a liberal and didnt want to make moving around easy :). This article really captures what it was like.
Then we tried to get home and discovered there had been an amtrak derailment and there werent any trains. Yay jordan for coming to get me at Greenbelt. Stupid MARC.
Friday dawned beautiful, (aside from insomnia battles the night before) and it was off to work. Spent a crazy day dealing with snow potential and our classes for today. Made a billion phone calls. and worked until 9pm. BUT....since it was going to snow, eric decided to come north instead of me going south! (yay!) so we're snowed in in Baltimore instead of the Burg. I also tried to introduce Eric to the joys of 2am grocery shopping. I think that after midnight is THE best time to grocery shop. Yes, there are fewer checkouts open, but many fewer people. And since it isn't standing in line that bothers me but the crowds in the store itself, I am satisfied. Until I stop being nocturnal (and a morning person - go figure) I will prefer to do my marketing between midnight and 6am.
So armed with hot chocolate, (sacreligious to eric) frozen bagels, and foodstuffs for the weekend, we snuggled in for a snow day or two. The only thing I'll make sure we have lots of for the next snow day? - movies. We read a lot, but I know eric finished his book. I have to convince him that my VHS collection is worth watching :). But I'm thinking about Netflix or the like, so that should not be a problem again!
So after putting out some work fires this morning, we're settling in for snow day #2. I'm hoping that my apartment will plow by tomorrow when I leave, because there is snow everywhere! Also (unsurprisingly) the city hasn't come by yet (last year, we never saw a plow) so tomorrow morning might be a slow-moving morning :).
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