Absecon, NJ (USA)

[woke up without the alarm this morning (0630L) and looked out the window: snow was sticking to the cars! - quickly exited my room and shoveled down breakfast - when I got to my car, I found the snow was very wet and could be easily cleared - still, I cancelled my plan meet-up with Erica (for some work we planned) and quickly checked out of the Fairfield Inn (0735) - departing Absecon (via Egg Harbor Township), I found slow driving for the first hour, with the flurries and slow traffic on US-40 - however, I still made it across the Delaware River by around 0915L and then drove down over to DE-1 (and US-40) - back on US-301, sun was out in force and the only evidence of snow was an occasional car with some melting residue - got slowed down again as I hit US-50 (traffic, for some reason) - crossed the Chesapeake and realized I couldn't make it home without getting gas - so, against my better judgment, I stopped on the western outskirts of Annapolis and filled up - had some odd encounters inside the station, both involving people asking me for money (it never occurred to me to joke about how someone else should pay for something I want - but at least two strangers thought they should do it at different locations) - after that, I made good time getting home (arrived close to noon) - spent several more hours wrapping up tasks from the company on my work email - when finally finished, I was glad to close the book on this busy week!]