Since the California wildfires and heat have meant we’ve been holed up inside for over a week now, and things are not predicted to improve, I’ve decided to take Maddie on an impromptu trip to see my parents.  They live near the coast, and temperatures will be about 30 degrees (!) less than we’re experiencing here. 

Matt has a very awesome indoor camp next week (computer cartooning), so he’ll be staying behind, but things have been getting ridiculous.  The Air Quality Index yesterday was 201, “Very Unhealthy”.  We’ve been downgraded to a mere “Unhealthy”, but they’re making recommendations on the news like, “Even indoor exercise is not healthy with this level of particulate matter.  Today’s a great day to be a couch potato.”

Time to get out of dodge. Cough. Cough.