Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Hump Day

Short story:

Today Sarah and I were coming home from Union Station and as we got off the metro at Foggy-Bottom (which is about six blocks from our apartment) we saw these two really drunk girls heading in the same direction as us. We commented on how much they'd had to drink and didn't think anything else about it, until we got on the escalator and saw them trying to walk up the down escalator. At first we laughed at them and commented on their altered state, but then the entire crowd of people in the metro station and on the escalator started cheering them on. It was as if suddenylwe were all at the metro olympics and the United States was in the running for a gold medal. It all depended on these two intoxicated girls, and there was suddenly an impromptu crowd of about 75 people. As people got off the escalator at the top they started gathering at the entrance of the downward and cheering the girls on.

In those few moments, I honestly fell in love with this city all over again.

Then, it was back to walking home on tired feet, to a stinky apartment, with no light. Gotta adore the city.

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