So...
Long story short...
My friend, Michael, who I was going to drive back up with to NYC today had a family emergency to deal with this morning. Things are fine now, but he just wanted to hang around a bit to make sure things were settled. In the meantime, I tried to book a cheapo bus back up to NYC. Well, all of them were sold out, and there were even some reports of a lot of over-selling and stranded passengers dotting the sidewalks of DC's Chinatown. There are some trains later - there's no way I'm in heading into DC now during rush hour - but I'm actually thinking I may just hang here another day - or even two.
My niece and her cousin get back from Disney tomorrow, so I can spend a bit of time with them getting all the details about their trip. And my parents are also coming back up this weekend, so... We shall see...