11:41 PM

Ugh. What a day.

Record-setting commute today; beat my previous worst by a full hour and a half. (The previous worst was Halloween, 2001.) Five and a half hours in the car today! For a 12 mile trip! Huzzah!

• 25 minutes, trip in. (Very pretty swirling snow, not sticking.)
• 1 hour, attempt to go home before snow hit. (Heavy snow, fruitless effort, stuck on hill, dodged sliding trucks, retreated to relative safety of office.)
• 4 hours, 10 minutes, trip home. (Fading snow to ice, six conference calls.)

There was little to no traffic this morning, except on the Key Bridge into Georgetown, and the snow was lightly blowing around. It was really pretty. I should know better. Things that look pretty in nature are dangerous. The next time I see snow like that, I’ll remember today. And work from home.

(In other news, I’m starting to feel almost human again, though Merrystar is bearing the brunt of the office cold right now. I got her chicken soup and chocolate cake tonight. Separately, of course.)