Strongly Worded Blog

Ok I've been living around DC for 4 years plus. I've been driving in for work for at least 2. Generally it's hit or miss with minimal grumbling, but TODAY, yes TODAY, friggin takes the cake wreck. I swear.

My hectic morning started like any other, with me running a little behind schedule. I chose to walk the kid to school b/c it gives me the multi-tasking option of walking the (I mean being dragged there and back) 2 dogs. Once I got them back and situated in the kitchen with appropriate chew toys and baby gates (trust issues) I was steps from the door when my coffee practically exploded for no reason. Mop up, check top, no clothing damage. Off we go.

My time table allows me to get on HOV right away, it's after 9. Usually a small slow down around Shirlington, could be rubber necking, I see some construction vehicles on the road side, at least I"m moving. When I can see cars not moving near the Pentagon it's not a good sign. They're creeping. Maybe. We'll see.

Once I get across the memorial bridge I see a heavy line to turn onto Constitution. What's up here? Not sure....Constitution is officially crawling but I'm still confident once I make the left onto 18th I'll be fine. I was wrong.

I can't see what the heck the hold up is still. I thought I saw some trucks crossed funny but people seem to be getting by on the left, unfortunately my lane is on the far right. 30 mintues later I've moved like a block and a half. Still sitting there. Giant white moving truck in front of me blocking all view of whatever the hold up is. A metro bus nearly mows me over trying to get around parked cars and I lay on the horn the whole time. Seriously he skimmed my mirror I swear. UHHH!

There is honking a plenty going on. People are stuck in the intersections between lights. The far left seems to be the only lane getting by when I see the giant construction arrow blocking 2 of the 3 lanes. For CHRIST SAKE!! Its' Fucking rush hour still! The best part is there is not ACTUAL construction you can see going on in the vicinity of said arrow. I move to the left as 3 pick up trucks slide in front of me and then stop. They PARK and get out in the ONLY MOVING LANE OF TRAFFIC. Then they put on their hard hats and stand there. I wish I was making this up. I'm now forced to move right into what is about half a lane left for cars to squeeze through that are usually running in 4 lanes in rush hour in the middle of Washington, D.C.

When I managed to get past that crap it was relatively normal, you know pedestrians dashing across when the are NOT suppossed to cross (getting hit would be their fault in my mind but not teh courts i"m sure). There was NO parking left in my side of the garage so I"m 5 doors and 2 stairways away but so is my boss, I saw him on my way in. Everyone is equally ticked, and I'm a full hour late. Sweet. At least I had no deadlines, but I would think construction could WAIT til after 10Am or so. Those trucks PARKED in a zone where you can only park after 10am and I looked, it was 9:58am. I'm just saying. That was freakin ridiculous. If there is a GIANT construction arrow, maybe they should eliminate the parking on that street for the day. Thanks to the one ways, I won't be taking that street back down anyways.