So yesterday before 5 AM Tom's phone started ringing and as we both have message alerts on our phones, those were going off as well. Tom has been planning a huge exercise for months now that people have flown in for and traveled and planned and you name it…….so of course, based on the weather predictions, the "higher ups", whoever they are, cancelled the exercise and closed the govt. for the day. So Tom had to get on his phone and start alerting everyone that the exercise was cancelled. They were also supposed to be doing part of this exercise at the National Cathedral today but because of
Nelson Mandela's service there today, that exercise was cancelled as well.
Being the "used to driving in REAL snow" Westerners we are, we decided to take our chances, weather that storm, and go into the office while it was quiet so he could get caught up on some work with no one around. We hit the road before 7 AM, stopped for fast food and headed in. As you can see from the above photo, this storm was not very daunting.
Our "time" at the office turned into ALL DAY so fortunately I had brought along quite a few items to work on. Advent readings, a new calendar to update, devotional readings, and then I found old magazines in the women's restroom so I of course had to scour them for beauty tips, recipes, cost saving suggestions and articles that I will include in Jessica's Christmas package with many of the above tips for her as well.
I did take a break around 3 pm to run to Whole Foods. By then the treacherous weather had turned to this (see below)……so it was the best and easiest driving I've had since we've been here. Federal govt. closed and schoosl cancelled! I took my time, grabbed us some salad bar food which turned out to be lunch AND dinner (because that's all you can afford when you shop at Whole Foods) along with the few other items we needed then headed back to do some proofreading for Tom, clean messages off my phone, make some phone calls and find some more magazines. We rolled into home about 6 pm and that, my friends, is a productive snow day. With no actual snow.
So yesterday before 5 AM Tom's phone started ringing and as we both have message alerts on our phones, those were going off as well. Tom has been planning a huge exercise for months now that people have flown in for and traveled and planned and you name it…….so of course, based on the weather predictions, the "higher ups", whoever they are, cancelled the exercise and closed the govt. for the day. So Tom had to get on his phone and start alerting everyone that the exercise was cancelled. They were also supposed to be doing part of this exercise at the National Cathedral today but because of Nelson Mandela's service there today, that exercise was cancelled as well.
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