DC Snowstorm

Wednesday afternoon/evening and early thursday DC got hit with a snowstorm. The city knew that it was coming and that snow shuts down the city, so they attempted to prepare. Wednesday started out with a rain, and for the first time in I think forever I used an umbrella in January. Women who work in the Capital never seem to dress or be prepared for the weather. I saw women in heels and skirts, who forgot umbrellas struggling to get to work, so many of them were freaking out about their hair. The office closed an hour early due to storm, and so as I walked outside I noticed that the rain had turned to slush and the roads were very congested. DC uses way to much salt and by the time I made it home, salt had saturated through my boots :( As a girl from the midwest I expect major snow, but when I woke up there was about 4 inches on the ground. Due to this the office had issued a late start. Oh those who have lack of experience with snow. The problem with DC is that they have no place to put the snow.

As you can see, they blocked off a complete road with the snow.

Due the the small amount of slush DC had on wednesday it took a coworker of mine 7hrs to get home from a normal 1hr commute. Yikes.

I have been busy working on paying some bills at work, and making sure everything balances. Who knew that the thing that tortured me in my accounting class would come to haunt me again? haha On Wednesday, the RNC had all the bigwigs in to talk budget issues, so it was interesting to see that happen. I also happened to meet the father of Julianne and Derek Hough, which was pretty cool. Apparently he is like the person to meet when he is in the office.

On Tuesday the city was pretty shut down for the State of the Union address, there were Capital Hill Police everywhere, many blockages, and no parking spots anywhere near the capital. Lucky for me I walk to work :)

This red cars are what the Capital Hill Police drive around in. They also have normal cars, but this picture is from the morning before the "snowstorm".