This morning has been crazy. I walked to work on the Whitehurst Freeway(!) from Rosslyn with a woman who is apparently my neighbor and who got smushed onto the same overflowing shuttle bus to Rosslyn with me, so now we are friends.
I didn't get anywhere near the Mall, as I was assigned, but the crowds have been pretty calm, and everyone has been extremely nice, especially given my nonexistent chatting up strangers skills. Reporting pretty much failed, but I had fun.
Now I have to figure out a way to get home. According to their website, Metro is running normally but anyone can look out the window and see that that is a huge, huge lie. Presumably I will be walking at least two of the four miles home. But my favorite part of all this ruckus is that downtown is almost completely empty of cars (and still people stay on the sidewalks--such rule-abiders!). I suppose I can walk home if I can have a day of car-free utopia for it.
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So the day was most notable for irregular traffic patterns?
I assume the hives are better.
David: Correct. I believe the major papers also covered some related events of the morning.
FLG: All clear. No more amoxycillin.
The last third of my essay about going downtown for the inauguration (the other event) revolves around the mindless utilization of buses by Metro. It all worked out in the end, but the end came hours later. Grrr. I do agree with you about the good nature of all but a very few in the crowd, and their frustration was easily understood.
Our spot on the Lincoln Memorial was all I had hoped for and more. We walked AWAY from the Mall to get there. Lucky!
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