Washington DC is finally starting to dig out from back-to-back snowstorms – and I’m finally getting out and about again. Last night around 6:30 pm, after almost three full days cooped up inside, I just had to get out. I bundled up, called my friend Allison and told her I was walking over to her house. The first thing I saw when I walked outside was a man shoveling snow off his car by standing on his car (picture above).

Today I worked out of my office for the first time all week. I actually ran to work because 1) I figured it would be faster than the Metro, which is running trains few and far between and 2) I wanted to see what the city looks like. Washington DC looks beautiful! Like a white maze. In the afternoon I trekked to our roof to take a picture of the intersection of 16th St. and K St. (picture below). You can see the White House and the Washington Monument in the distance.

Leslie and I had a FANTASTIC time at Trapeze School today! I felt like I was back in my competitive gymnast days. Our 10-person class started with a 15-minute primer on how to hold the metal bar and the importance of listening to directions. Then, just like that, we were climbing up to the 23-foot high trapeze platform one at a time to swing and flip. The scariest part was leaning off the platform to grab the bar. An instructor held on to my safety belt while I reached for the bar. Then he said, “Ready….hep!” and I jumped off. Wheeeee! I’m not sure what I’m doing in the picture above: either getting ready to pull my legs up so I can hang or getting ready to do a back flip dismount. I regret that I didn’t bring one of my professional cameras. Next time I will. Yes, I’m going back!

(Photographs below, from top: Leslie reaching for the bar, me after being caught, the catcher.)