Wednesday, January 26, 2011-Day 23

The forecast had been calling for a severe snowstorm in the area. Of course they've called for several of those this winter so I'm always like yeah yeah whatever but this time the forecasters were dead on. As the day got later it was apparent we were going to catch it pretty bad. Around 12 noon I checked the OPM site and saw that the federal government was closing 2 hours early so people could get home before the worse of the storm. I sent the information to my boss and shortly afterwards the announcement was made that we were closing early. I left the office at 3 pm. I wanted to hit the gym but something told me that I better high tail it home. I hopped on the train and when I got to my side of town the snow was already starting to fall pretty fast and steady. I got into the apt just as it started to stick. I snuggled up under the covers and watched tv as the snow fell steadily. I dozed off and when I woke up and turned on the news there were 10" of snow on the ground. The power kept flickering off and on but didnt go out. As I lay back in the bed later my tv went blank. I flipped through all the channels but nothing came on the screen. I had just paid the cable bill so I realized that the cable must've been knocked out by the storm. Damnit. How long would it be out? I was hoping just a few minutes but as hour after hour passed I realized that it wasnt going to come back. I finally got up and took a motrin pm and some alteril and curled in bed with a book til I fell asleep.