Between bomb scares and random services outages the Metro has been working like crap this week, which makes my commute to and from work a real joy. I blame it on the sheer panic that has engulfed the city as a result of next week's Inauguration.

With estimates of millions and millions of people coming to town (some already starting to trickle in) to see Obama sworn in, people are freaking out. I'm waiting for the street corner preachers to show up and tell me the world is ending. D.C. has officially been declared in a state of emergency. The Metro is running some crazy schedule opening at like 4 a.m. on Tuesday and staying open til 2 a.m. Wednesday. My best friend's friend was able to rent out his D.C. townhouse for the week for $10,000!

Oh and my co-worker just got in with some pictures she snapped of the preparations on her walk to the office. Roads are already closed. Giant pictures of Obama and Biden are flying and ugly scaffolding on construction sites is being covered in some form of red, white and blue because god-forbid tourists see parts of the seeing under construction.

Seriously, I just want things to go back to the normal chaos of D.C. Not D.C. on Inauguration steroids.

Personally, I'm getting the hell out of Dodge. As a federal employee I have a nice four-day weekend coming up with MLK day and the Inauguration being federal holidays.

I'm planning to stay with the BF so I'm far, far away from the madness. I will be able to get my runs in easily without having to worry about dodging crazy people camping out on the National Mall or being stopped by 1 million tourists asking for directions. (Really is there anything more frustrating then having to explain how to get to XYZ just when you're hitting your stride?)

I just keep telling myself I've got to make it through two more days and then I can escape the madness.