i was laughing until i had to try to get back to dc, that's for sure! despite some concerns about getting back to the area (and a two-and-a-half hour shuttle ride that left me, shall we say, quite non-plussed), i'm back, ready for a new (half) workweek and in an absolutely fan-flippin-tastic mood.

getting into work today was an adventure and a half, to say the least. while the metro was crowded at my stop this morning, there was still certainly room to get a stop standing, which was fine, particularly once a seat opened up shortly thereafter, so i was able to sit comfortably and observe the ensuing madness. there were two schools of commuters--those who were aware of the fact that the sardine-tin effect was out of everyone's control and that all those at the platforms trying to get onboard were just trying to get to work on time, and then those who were (understandably) crushed already and frustrated that more people were trying to squeeze into subway cars that were waaaaay too crowded, so they were busy yelling at other people to wait until the next train and not try to board ours. i felt (and i expressed this to some of my happy-crushed-commuter people) as if i was finally able to grasp the experience had by everyone trying to get a spot on the much-coveted lifeboats as the titanic sank into the atlantic...i found it amusing. granted, i'm sure this had something to do with my having a seat for the experience, but nonetheless...

and then, getting off the metro at union station and making my way up delaware to work--hahaha! the snowdrifts are huge, and i joined the line of those trying to climb over the drifts without falling flat on their faces. it was a warm (relatively speaking, naturally) morning, so i was loving it--particularly when everyone was enjoying the experience with one another--from the smiles i exchanged with passersby to the kind gentleman who stood on top of one of the drifts and extended a hand to help me take the slightly periolous step up to the top of the drift.

it's just been that kind of a day--there's a giddiness in the air today that i'm practically gulping in. the morning has been fantastic--i spent some time laughing and talking theater with kevin down in his office, i caught up with erica, chatted with a couple of vermonters on the telephone, got some work done--and the entire time, i've been talkative, energized--just in a fantastic mood. i don't know if it's the snow, the fact that it's warm outside or the fact that there's only a half week of work before another weekend--but things are great! between all of that, shared laughter over "guffman" quotes (there's something so delightful about picking up a phone call and hearing hysterical laughter on the other end before you even say hello) and discussion about how to get me back into the theatrical swing of things down here in dc-land...it's just all-around fun times today...lovin it.

i'll post about the weekend later on as i have more of an opportunity...fun times in the land of the frozen north were had.