Snow, Vodka Sauce and the Oscars

A morning snowfall, larger than expected, church cancelled, a dinner party with penne and vodka sauce and Wendy's moist and yummy chocolate butter frosting cake, and late night Oscar viewing while reading The Washington Post... that about sums up my day and night. Oh, I almost forgot, I was also introduced to a few short flicks and videos circulating the internet, some of which you might already know about: Weird Al's "White and Nerdy" and "Don't Download this Song" (available on You Tube), and "Lucas in Love", and a few others. I guess you can say it's been a day chock full of images. First, the beautifully white-covered trees and streets of Arlington, a little later the slosh, then came Weird Al, Raymond's creations, and at last an Oscar for Martin Scorsese. Boy, Hollywood is a whole other world. That's all I can say.

Back to reality of DC life. Several inches of snow, but 40 degree temperatures forecasted for Monday. Tomorrow I've got work. I've already received the email: "Open with unscheduled leave". That means you can take the day off if you are having problems getting to work, but it comes out of your annual leave. Wouldn't it be nice to institute more frequent 3-day weekends?

Saturday I spent mainly on I-95, making my way north to Hungtingdon Valley, PA, (north of Philly) for a bridal shower for my friend Steph, and then turning around and driving back to DC. Silly me... somehow I thought it was a 2-hour trip instead of 3! All in all it was a good day. There wasn't too bad traffic and the weather wasn't bad. I actually got to enjoy the sunshine while driving and channel surfing the radio waves. Despite my profound love for European (especially German and Czech) public transport, there is an unbelievable feeling of freedom and independence when one gets behind the wheel and hits the American freeways.

Well, this snow day has come to an end.

Hey, so when did the word precipitation get shortened to "precip"? I, for one, obviously am not in the in crowd.

Oh, wouldn't it be nice to have just one more day ...