What I Learned In The Past 36 Hours

1. Parents are sometimes always right. You (as in, I) should keep an overnight/emergency bag with essentials in your car at all times. Especially if you live 38 miles from your office. And extra especially if there's a snowpocolypse in the forecast.

2. People in MD/DC/VA absolutely cannot drive in the snow. People are morons. I exclude myself from this because my 3 1/2 years at Syracuse obviously made me a snow driving expert. So says the girl who's car got stuck next to the Nissan dealership...

3. There are definitely worse places to be "stranded" overnight in a snowstorm than in a nice hotel next to your office, paid for by your generous employer, across the street from a 24 hour CVS.

4. If you've committed to reading Twilight as part of your '30 by 30' Project you should keep the book in your car, especially if the aforementioned snowpocolypse is in the forecast. An evening alone in a hotel room with the cable and power flickering would be a perfect time to read a book. Having the book on the coffee table at home... not as convenient.

As they say, I guess hindsight is 20-20.