Misc things on the day:

[mistressofmuses]

Went to my old coworker's husband's funeral. It was quick - a military funeral, so it's a pretty rapid process. I never met the man, but I'm glad I went and got to see her, if briefly. There was a reception after, but the coworker and I who went had to get back to work.

We had wind gusts in the region up to 90 miles per hour. Too much! I had to keep the office door locked most of the day because the wind was so strong and flinging it open. Lots of overturned semis shutting roads down, fallen branches, etc.

There's a fire pretty close by. Several neighborhoods on pre-evac orders. Hopefully they'll get it under control pretty quickly, but with winds like that, any fire is especially scary. The winds have died down a bit, so hopefully that will help.

It was just in general a mildly rough day. Time to watch some documentary about a cult and maybe take a really hot bath for a while.

Comments

[olivermoss]

Fires should not be this early, and yeah the wind makes it scary.

Hope you have a relaxing evening.

[mistressofmuses]

It feels way too early for fires. Wind always makes that really concerning.

Not a wildly relaxing evening, but I can try again tonight, lol.

[spikedluv]

Sounds like a rough day. High winds and a funeral? I hope you managed a relaxing evening.

[mistressofmuses]

It was tiring... more so than it seemed like it should be, but with the emotional aspects of the funeral, plus then having to track dangerous winds and fires and things... I think it was just draining.

The evening wasn't quite as relaxing as hoped, but maybe tonight!