Thread:Calliebubba/@comment-28928021-20160118193428/@comment-27108021-20160121183445

I'm in California so no worries there. Half my organization is back there, though, so I won't have any 5 a.m. VTCs to get up for so bonus! Oops. That was really callous.

I was living in Old Town Alexandria, VA for 8 months when a huge storm hit in the early 90's. Black-outs, rolling brown-outs, all work canceled, everyone home told to turn off all unnecessary electricity. And this following a month of ice storms.

I pretty much stood on the layer of snow on top of a solid foot of ice over the sidewalk (which made everything super slick) after deciding that there was no way to chisel the 6 inches down to my car door's keyhole (let alone free the whole door), let alone clear the 5 feet of snow the plow left while clearing the business side of the parking lot, and thinking, ''Which is closer? The door to the townhouse (one block)? The King St Metro station (one block)?'' I turned in circles several times trying to figure out which way would get me to warm the fastest. It was -14 degrees F with wind chills to -40. And this was the day following the storm! Nothing like a crystal clear epiphany moment. No job was worth it, I would rather quit.