It’s actually been a relatively quiet couple of weeks on the Metro maintenance front — for example, this upcoming weekend’s slate is about as non-intrusive as Metro weekend maintenance gets these days — but it’s really just the calm before the next big Orange and Blue Line storm, which will arrive over Memorial Day weekend.

Anytime we can try to even out bad news regarding Metro with something good, we’ll take it. The bad news first: the Baltimore Sun reports this morning that Metro will be shutting down a large portion of the Orange and Blue line over a two-day weekend in November, and the Foggy Bottom station in January, in order to perform more labor-intensive track maintenance.

Did you forget about this weekend’s extensive Metrorail disruptions? Don’t worry, we’re here to remind you. (We’re very, very sorry.) The chunk of maintenance work, which Metro is undertaking all at once — much like they did during Labor Day weekend — to save money and time will have a serious effect on this weekend’s commuting and on Monday’s rush hour. Do you have to report to the office on Monday? Better pay close attention to this list and make sure you can get to where you’re going on time.