Reply #8: So true

[cally]

I worked in DC for a few years. I was a consultant where you were expected to work endless hours. One day, I heard a buzz that it was snowing. I went and looked. Yep, it was snowing. I went back to my cubicle and started writing. I walked out a few hours later and noticed most folks were gone. There wasn't anyone around to ask what happened. At five or six I left to get a bus. I had just sprained my ankle and I was on crutches. There was almost noone around. Very few cars, no taxis, and most businesses were closed. I was shocked and finally started worrying how I would get home. I lived about 5 miles from downtown. Normally, I could walk that but I was on crutches. It had snowed an inch or two. I looked for a taxi but there were none. I saw a bus and took it. There were only 5 to 6 folks on the bus--at rush hour! As soon as I got on the bus I started worrying about the walk home from the busstop. Normally, I would have many neighbors on the bus but not this time. So I get off the bus with noone else. I looked down the street..noone. I started downhill on my crutches on the icy street with my crutches and quickly fell. Tried again and fell. I ended up sliding down two blocks on my butt in my business suit. The next time it snowed in DC, I left early.