Snowmageddon

The government closed at noon and the citizens rushed to buy food and shovels in preparation for the historic snowfall dubbed Snowmageddon.

The panic started Thursday afternoon as weather reports showed a massive snow storm heading to Washington, D.C. I was on sitting in a shuttle (that takes me from my internship location to Union Station) when the driver called his wife and told her they needed to go to Lowe's and buy some shovels because the one they have is breaking.

As I walked to my apartment, I saw people frantically walking to grocery stores to stock up on food. I saw people anxious to get home and beat the snow.

I just walked back with no real idea on how messy this thing was going to be.

Friday rolled around and that's when the real deal happened.

Tiny white pieces where falling on the ground. It was not sticky enough, or so I heard a peer of mine say (because I actually have no knowledge of snow, nevertheless when the "right kind" falls down).

As the day continued, so did the snow.

It started piling up the sidewalks, the cars, the buildings, the greenery and me. When class was out my roommates and I decided to join another group that was heading out to watch Dear John.

I have no snow boots or even rain boots, so I just wore my knee high boots. This was a bad idea. The snow was already about half a foot high and we were walking down to Union Station to hop on the Metro and get to the theater.

Unfortunately because of my wrong footwear, I slipped once and fell down on one knee. No I wasn't proposing to anyone, my shoes just didn't have much traction. Then as we approached the station, I fell right down on my butt. It didn't hurt but that's only because I have a lot of cushion. hahaha.

That wasn't the only bad thing either. My glasses kept catching snow flakes so they were wet and foggy and I couldn't really see anything. So I had to take them off and clean them.

So we got to the theater and I was walking the slowest I could to prevent another fall.

**We saw the movie. It was ok. Not the best. But Channing Tatum is handsome.**

After the movie, the ground was worse. There was a ton of snow everywhere and it kept falling. My glasses continued to get fogged up and I couldn't see. So I just took them off and held on to them. I walked slow so that I wouldn't fall again and then miraculously we returned to the apartment.

As we approached the building we were stopped by a barrier. A tree was leaning down because so much snow had caused it to bend down.

We had to get off the sidewalk and get on the street to entire our building. Once we got in, we felt covered in snow and were ready to change.

Saturday morning was when the chaos began. It fell heavily from the morning until the afternoon. The guys in the programs got up and started shoveling along with the RD James.

My roommates and I watched through the window and we saw just how many inches had fallen as the snow almost reached the knees of the guys outside. This must have been like two feet already.

So we stayed inside most of the day except for an hour of walking outside and playing in the snow. I made my first ever snow angel, I ate some snow and I threw several snow balls. It was a good day filled with new experiences. We didn't lose power, thank God, and we were safe.

Here are some pictures.

View from the front door of the Dellenback Center.