I don’t even know what to say. This is my home. Yesterday was a nightmare, spending my entire day refreshing the victims list trying, desperately to see if anyone I knew would show up. Texting my students making sure they were safe. Taking calls from my family, ensuring them that I was ok.
Last night I spent my evening celebrating my boyfriend’s birthday and packing a go bag for the fire. Watching from 9-11PM as the flames licked the hill just a few miles away. I was up from 2-4AM as I found out that my parents had to evacuate from their home. That my students all had to evacuate their homes. That all of my local friends evacuated. My parents may have lost their home. The fire is 0% contained. The families of the victims are still mourning. There’s not really a point to this post, nor is it even remotely funny. But I have been up for 2 hours just watching the live feed of the fire envelop my town and I don’t know what to do with myself.
I’ve never asked this before, but please, please send your thoughts, prayers, good vibes, whatever you believe in to my town. Please send funny stories. Please help distract myself from this absolute fucking nightmare.