this is scripps ranch which is about 5-10 minutes away from us.

this is a satellite image of smoke coming from the various so cal fires, including the scripps ranch one.

this is kind of how our sky looked earlier this morning/afternoon, what i woke up to.


sigh. now that the day is over, i'm starting to feel a little bit better. but at the same time, i really don't want to fall into a false sense of security. there's this nagging, paranoid feeling in the back of my mind; this voice that says, "what if something happens in the middle of the night? what if you wake up to sirens and have to leave in like five minutes? what if, what if, what if?" i'm sure i'll probably look back later and wonder why i was so freaked out and paranoid but...oh well.