Where there is smoke there's fire!!!!!!!!!!!

Most of you know that Sunday night the fires in Irvine/Foothill Ranch started around 6 pm. We now know it was arson (If I got my hands on that person I think I'd end up in jail- it makes me sooooooooooooo mad!). Anyway, we are covered in smoke and ash. We are on the second day of lock down- no sports, no playing outside, the kids even have to have recess, lunch and P.E. indoors. I guess that if we lived where there was snow it would be the same, but it is strange. The sky has an eery orangish-brown hue and there is ash everywhere. It is very hot and Arizona- in -the -summer -like dry. It feels a bit like the world is ending. Luckily we haven't had any homes in Irvine destroyed, but the fire is still raging and there is smoke everywhere. It hurts to breathe. There are so many fires in So. California right now that the firefighters from others counties can't help each other- everyone has a fire burning in their county.

When I'm not laying awake at night planning what I would take if we had to evacuate, I'm dreaming of rain. How wonderful it would feel for there to be a rainstorm. (no lightening please, of course!) Anyway, we're safe for now, just coughing and praying for those fighting the fires!