Blonde in the District

About a month or so ago, I was coming off the metro going to work and the escalator was not in operation. I was carrying 2 tote bags and my general thought when I saw I was going to have to walk up the escalator was, "oh f*%k." I walked up the stalled escalator and when I got to the top, I was legit out of breath. I at first blamed it on my heavy tote bags, but I knew deep down that the tote bags had nothing to do with it. It freaked me out. I shouldn't be this winded walking