Snowmaggedon!

So, this was one of the rare days where I thought that maybe school should have been cancelled (although I'm glad it wasn't). Snow was forecast, but not quite as much as what actually fell -- about 3 inches, probably more -- and Arlington didn't cancel school because, they said, they had adequate warning and were all ready.

Well, I don't know that the rest of Arlington was. Drew tried to drive Rachel the three blocks to school because of her crutches, but he ended up sliding down the street and parking semi-legally near the bike path near our house -- and so that poor man half-carried, half-walked Rachel to school (I had expected to take her, but Drew announced he would since he had planned to drive to the train station anyway).

They had quite the adventure. When they arrived, Drew said the school felt as if it was about half-full (Rachel said four kids were absent today); the crossing guard slipped on the ice and hurt herself so badly that an ambulance had to take her away, which meant the street was closed; and a school bus with kids inside slid down the street and hit a parked car. Drew came home around 9:30 and announced he'd be working from home today because Pew, thank goodness, had made it optional for people to come in to the office today. We ended up having a nice time; I worked on a magazine story and he did some research, and we were able to eat lunch together, which we almost never do. (Rachel Jones had taken the Metro in very early before the majority of the snow hit, and she had borrowed one of my coats, so she was at least warm.) I headed in at my usual time.

Arlington is opening two hours late tomorrow morning because of unspecified ice conditions, which I don't quite understand, but I'll take her in at 11. Then I'm hoping to grab a swim and keep working on the magazine story before heading to work at 4:30 -- I'm working a late shift until midnight. Can't decide whether to drive in (which I tend to do when I work late shifts because parking is cheap downtown after 4 p.m.) or not risk the roads and take the Metro instead, hoping I can get out a little early so I don't miss the 12:06 a.m. train.