Today, my husband and I got to take the day off from working on the house because we had men there putting the final coat of polyurethane on the newly finished floors. They look really nice and I am really getting excited about moving in. All we really need to do now is clean up and get the handyman in to fix a few little things. Then we can move in!
The whole day was so weird. When I woke, the entire sky was brown, and the sun was an orange ball. We had gone to sleep with the windows open because it was nice and cool Friday night. We got up and closed the windows because there was ash falling and the smell of smoke was in the air. We went outside after noon and I thought it was going to be hot, but it was actually really cool, in the 60’s maybe. It was eerie.

We went to Borders and picked up some books and maps of Paris so that we can come up with an itinerary for our vacation that we are planning for next fall. This will be our first vacation aside from our honeymoon. After Borders, we went to Costco and the market, and the temperature was still quite cool. By the time we got home, I could feel the car being pulled by the wind. The air looked more clear, but the smell of smoke was much stronger and there was ash everywhere.
The devil wind has arrived.
On the news, they mentioned all the fires going on but the news here is so LA-centric that we never figured out which fire was blowing our way. I feel so sad for the 100s of people that have lost their homes. When one person loses their home to a fire, it’s terrible, but someone can offer shelter to them. When 200 homes are destroyed, who can offer shelter to that many people?