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Legend of the wildfires
May. 16th, 2023 10:31 pm
I didn't know the air quality scale had an upper limit but apparently we hovered pretty close to it today! It was sort of okay on my way to work, hovering at 2-3, then SKYROCKETED up to 10+ which is the highest it goes. The view from the office windows was downright apocalyptic, all gray haze and wind and the sun nowhere to be seen. You could feel the smoke inside, too - my desk is closer to the outside of the building, so I
definitely smelled it most of the day and then took advantage of the offer to work from home the rest of the day.
Basically, UGH. I thought my apartment wasn't too bad when I got home but now I think maybe I just lost my sense of smell and couldn't tell? I'm also CONGESTED AGAIN after I just kicked whatever other thing I had the week before last where I was all stuffy and sick. Not enjoying this month so far, I gotta say.
I know these are relatively minor inconveniences, and we haven't gotten evacuated or anything -- so I shouldn't complain. My one coworker with asthma was having a really bad time. But it still sucks, especially because we usually get these smoky days closer to August.
Some good news though: I ended up going to the midnight release of Tears of the Kingdom after all. Lineup was a lot bigger than I expected, but we got there at a decent enough time that we were done at a reasonable-ish time. Have been playing it pretty much non-stop since Friday -- I didn't really get into the pre-release hype for it at all, but honestly I'm enjoying it on its own merits in spite of that? It doesn't feel like just "BOTW but with sky islands", there'a sooooo much more to explore now, it really does feel like kind of a new place where you have to find your way again.
definitely smelled it most of the day and then took advantage of the offer to work from home the rest of the day.
Basically, UGH. I thought my apartment wasn't too bad when I got home but now I think maybe I just lost my sense of smell and couldn't tell? I'm also CONGESTED AGAIN after I just kicked whatever other thing I had the week before last where I was all stuffy and sick. Not enjoying this month so far, I gotta say.
I know these are relatively minor inconveniences, and we haven't gotten evacuated or anything -- so I shouldn't complain. My one coworker with asthma was having a really bad time. But it still sucks, especially because we usually get these smoky days closer to August.
Some good news though: I ended up going to the midnight release of Tears of the Kingdom after all. Lineup was a lot bigger than I expected, but we got there at a decent enough time that we were done at a reasonable-ish time. Have been playing it pretty much non-stop since Friday -- I didn't really get into the pre-release hype for it at all, but honestly I'm enjoying it on its own merits in spite of that? It doesn't feel like just "BOTW but with sky islands", there'a sooooo much more to explore now, it really does feel like kind of a new place where you have to find your way again.