Three, Maybe Four, Day Weekend!!!

So rumor has it that the federal government just closed again for Tuesday due to another snowstorm approaching the city which is suppose to dump another 10-20 inches. For all the taxpayers counting at home when the government closes it's 100 million dollars a day for lost productivity. Not to mention they're getting closer to breaking my insignificant high school snow day record of like three or four days. (Now currently reading online reports that the government is indeed closed for Tuesday. YIPPEE!!!) I spent three hours trying to send off my girlfriend's Valentine's Day package today so my snow day today was sort of non-existent. Only the main post office next to Union Station six metro stops down was open today and they seemed to have only two people working. Add on the slowness of the delayed metro system today and it was just a big fun trip. But I got the package off and I think she's going to love what she's getting.

Back to the snow. So, yes, it is a lot of snow. The most I have ever seen at one time. Friday I got off work early to go to the grocery store and to other shops to get Sarah's present ready. When Saturday came so did roughly 30 inches of snow, depending on where you were. Myself and two of the guys decided to go on a hike into the city. We took the metro (it can operate in the underground sections which is pretty much the entire city, just not the suburbs) down to Union Station where we walked to the Capitol. Though my pictures on Facebook may be deceiving there honestly was not many people on the streets. I figured that many people including tourists would set out on foot to view the city covered in a blanket of snow, but I guess they preferred to stay inside. Anyway, here is a picture of us walking to the Capitol.


We were able to walk in many of the streets, kinda cool walking in the middle of Constitution Ave without the fear of getting ran over. Capitol looked very picturesque covered with snow.


It was funny, there was a Capitol Hill police officer guarding high above on the Capitol steps and he was throwing snow balls down at the picture takers. Obviously, he was enjoying the non-lethal weapons that were provided to him on that cold and still snowy day. I remarked on my facebook that it's really easy to appreciate Washington DC in a snowstorm. Everything slows down, people are enjoying themselves, Capitol City Police are throwing snowballs at you... It makes me wish it snowed everyday in DC; it keeps people and things simple. We walked down to the Mall, past a rather large snowball fight (Dupont Circle had a massive snowball fight, but we didn't go.) and to the Washington Monument (no easy trek in the snow) before heading to the White House. And the White House was also nice in the snow.


The White House was our last stop as two of us including myself did not have the proper footwear and had frozen feet.

Super Bowl Sunday was great fun. We ordered dominoes (yes, the pizza is better) and had people over to our apt. The game was obviously great and my favorite commercial is probably a tie between the Betty White one and the Brett Favre one. And like I said today I watched Arrested Development and searched the city for an open post office.

Work this last week involved me still researching people to get on our "mailing list" for our report and also involved trying to get a package from DC to Munich. That was interesting. I got the package off, but we had to do an address change so I had to call 1800-G0Fedex to get the address changed, but I think it got there for the Munich Conference. Can't think of anything else right now. There is more photos of DC including this one on my Facebook (look closely):


Also, if anyone wants me to talk about something specific or ask a question please feel free to leave a comment. So yeah NBC Washington says no work tomorrow for Dane and ha! it might include Wednesday too if we get another 20 inches. Yeah, really weird I know. Peace! Also, to see the full picture actually click on the picture and you'll be able to see the whole thing. They are kinda big pictures. Thanks.