SNOtorious B.I.G.

...and end of snow-themed puns. Because Snowmageddon (it's official name) is over. Jamie and I survived with nary a scratch and thankfully, we never lost power. As an added bonus, the storm kept our friend, Jason, stranded in D.C. and stretched his original two day visit into a more acceptable four day visit. Hooray! Granted, we couldn't really do much to entertain since we were stuck indoors for the duration of the storm...but I can safely say that many games of all varieties were played.

I was beginning to get worried on Friday morning when 10am rolled around and there wasn't any snow. I felt guilty for my glee at the Snow Day without the snow. Jamie even got off of work early that day because people were trying to get home and the facilities were closing early. To celebrate our unexpected vacations, Jamie and I took a glorious nap. When we woke up (an embarrassingly long time later) we checked the windows and began brainstorming snow-related puns for "disappointment" or "flop".

Then...it began to SNOW. Really, really SNOW. Ever heard of "thundersnow"? It actually thundersnowed and the National Weather Service extended it's blizzard warning to include the metro area. I was glued to the window. In the end, we had a record-breaking snowfall -- the 4th largest in D.C.'s history. 27.5" of snowfall with 18.2" of new accumulation (at Reagan National Airport). This is what it looks like when we have that much snowfall (although, you may note that the storm is still not over in these pictures)...

Our gate before the first round of shoveling (about 1/2 of the way through the storm).

Sharing the road. Our street is actually really well-plowed compared to most others, so it was pretty well-used by pedestrians, cars, and skiers.

Okay, so this isn't "my" Prius (it's my neighbor's), but the important thing is that you wouldn't even know that there is not a red car under there.

X-country skiing in front of the Capitol Building.

JLo and J-Bomb in front of The Supreme Court.

SNOW much fun! (...so maybe that was the last pun.)

Snomageddon was sufficiently large enough to shutdown the Hill tomorrow because the roads are still really bad. I also am getting another Snow Day tomorrow...so I'm beginning to cross over from feeling so excited about the day off, to panicked about the workload when we return. I spent a good five or six hours tonight working in the hopes of combatting some of that.

In addition, I am supposed to take a work-related trip to Williamsburg, VA on Tuesday. I have taken this trip every year ever since starting at Prep, and every year it is accompanied by some weather-related event. So, when I woke up this morning and saw that there was ANOTHER snow storm approaching and expected to hit D.C. on Tuesday, I vowed to worm my way out of it if weather looked bad on Tuesday morning.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times...well, that would make me an idiot.