Last night, I boarded the 10 PM Amtrak train from Washington DC to Stamford, CT. When I go to Washington, I like to take the train, and the 10 PM train home is usually a great train. Get on in Washington, fall asleep, and get to Stamford at around four in the morning. Normally, there aren’t a lot of people on the train.

However, last night was different. With the Northeast digging out from more than two feet of snow in some areas, many airports were closed and flights canceled. Many stranded airline passengers resorted to the train and it was packed. Amtrak was mostly on schedule. It did leave Washington about half an hour late, but got into Stamford on time.

As I waited at the train station in Washington, my cell phone rang to let me know that my daughter’s school would have a delayed opening.

Delays and needing to dig out provide a very good metaphor for my own status. Having been offline for the weekend, I returned to over 600 unread emails in my inbox. I was expecting much more than that since I was at about 400 unread emails by Saturday morning when I briefly connected from Washington, but it appears as if a lot of other people were offline as well.

I have now gotten through the first hundred unread emails, but correspondents should expect significant delays. As I dig through my emails, and get a chance to decompress from the weekend, I hope to post more thoughts here about the weekend.