Fog and Traffic

It's been very foggy here in the DC area the past few days. Here was my drive home last night... a very foggy I-895:

This morning, I left out at 6:45, gassed up the car and got a diet Mt. Dew and headed towards work. Just about a mile from the White Marsh exit, I ran into traffic. They had all 4 lanes shut down. It was about 7:30. 15 minutes later, I called my boss and left her a voice mail (on her office phone) telling her I was stuck in traffic but wasn't sure when I'd arrive at work.

I spotted this trucker with a Chihuahua. I tried not to be too obvious about taking this picture, so I had to zoom in. He had the dog's head out the window a few times when I was closer.

While waiting, I knitted. All I needed was a snack! I normally eat breakfast at 8:00 when I get in the office. It was approaching 9:00. They diverted traffic off towards Rt. 40 at the White Marsh exit:

Once off I-95, I called my boss on her cell to see where she was and to tell her I was still stuck in traffic. She was meeting another co-worker for breakfast at Panera until the traffic cleared up. Being that I was very close by and hungry (and needing to pee from the Mt. Dew!), I made a U-turn and met the girls for breakfast. We could see the traffic from Panera and decided to run into AC Moore so my boss could get a GC for her Secret Santa recipient.

At 10:45, we were finally on the road again. I-95 was still shut down, so we took Rt. 7 to work. It's a scenic 2-lane road and at first, it looked as if traffic was still backed up pretty bad. But once we got past this one light, it moved along. We got stopped again by tree pruning road crews. I saw this as a sign to just turn around, call it a day and go shopping. But I did the right thing and went to work.

We're supposed to get our turkeys today and our company gift. I hear it's a set of glasses with the company logo on them. Last year, we got a really nice thermos. It may not be a monetary bonus, but it's nice to work for a company that gives you annual gifts like this!