Today was an emotional day.
One year ago, today, we lost a great man. His name was Charles, and he was a friend I made from Slick's. He was the general manager of the El Chico's across the street, and he was a brutally honest man that always made me feel better when I was having a difficult night. He called it like he saw it. Period. He was demanding of my attention at times, but the dynamic of our friendship was an interesting one to say the least.
I just really miss him.
The work day was pretty typical - running errands and answering phones. No tours, so it passed slower than days I do tours.
When I left, I found that the sky was absolutely haunting. We are in session this week, so we don't leave until 6pm at the earliest. The sky was a bright baby blue and the clouds in front of it were a deep, deep blue. Most of the sky was covered with the clouds, so the part where the clouds didn't quite touch shone through in an incredible way. It was almost like the clouds were the covering of a sky that had been shaken to the point of cracking, and the brighter sky was trying to burst through. As I passed in front of the Capitol, I literally had to stop and gasp at what I saw. It was just incredible. I snapped a ridiculous amount of pictures before heading home.
There is apparently a huge snowstorm heading our way - they are guessing we'll get up to 12inches tomorrow - so I'm supposed to check OPM to see whether or not I'll have to come in to work tomorrow. Fingers crossed that I don't - not because I don't want to work - it's because I want to have a huge snow day! It snowed on Christmas...but not enough to shut anything down - I was a REAL northern snowstorm. It's barely raining now, and it was supposed to be snowing already so we'll see...
*Until Next Time!*
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