It’s the fifth day we’ve been stuck inside despite the sun shining.
It’s a real mind f*ck. You look outside and sure it’s hazy, but the sun is out and you keep forgetting that you can’t actually go enjoy it, that you have to stay inside, despite the sun. Every time you remember it’s so disorienting. I feel like I’m going crazy.
Tomorrow it’s supposed to rain. Well there is a 40% chance, which doesn’t feel like much but I just read that those percentages are the product of the probability of rainfall and the area of expected rainfall, so I don’t really know what it actually means anymore. Maybe a 40% chance is pretty good? I hope so. We really need the rain.
I have some girls at my house this week because the schools are closed (for Thanksgiving break, not air quality issues) and their moms still have to work. We’re all going really stir crazy, but you have to drive two house to get to better air, and that has only been the case today (before even two hours away, in any direction, the air quality was bad). With this many kids it’s too expensive to go most places inside, but tomorrow we have tickets to the first showing (early bird special!) of Ralph Breaks the Internet, so there’s that.
My husband also left today for a conference in Colombia. Yep, that’s right, he’s going back to Colombia for a whirlwind trip. I find it pretty hilarious, actually. He’s back on Friday, which means he’s on planes for almost as long as he’s awake in Colombia.
Tomorrow is one more day watching my friends’ kids and then my kids and I will spend Thanksgiving with my family.
The school closures last Friday mean the week after Thanksgiving break will be really stressful for me, so I’m trying to enjoy the down time, and read my book without thinking about all that I have to do when the break is over.
I took my belt test yesterday and the teacher had some really interesting insights about me that I am mulling over. Maybe I’ll write about them later this week.
I hope you do get some rain and that they get this fire out soon.
I know what you mean- the air looks better here, but we still hear it’s unhealthy. And while I’m eager for the rain I keep reading how toxic it will be- to keep shoes outside, wash pets if they get in it, don’t let them drink any of it etc. because there will be so much bad stuff from the fires (plastic, asbestos, ash and who knows what else) from the fire. Just when I’d been hoping for nice cleansing rain….but it WILL help put out the fire, and that’s good.
Hoping 4 rain in fire area & surrounds cleaning & reducing inputs to pollution. Thank u 4 such huge help 2 parents needing child coverage this week. Maybe do test as group activity then simplify grade results. As grades not college application materials but midsemester progress report???
Support 2 u. Chico public schools shut til Dec 2…..