I had forgotten about Ozone Alerts. They happen with such regularity during the summer months here, that we begin to tune them out and just go about our business. The first warning of the season (yesterday--the day after Earth Day, ironically enough), though, always sort of stops me in my tracks and gives me a serious case of the heebie jeebies. Don't go outside? Don't run gas-powered engines? Including driving--don't drive anywhere unless you ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO. Don't spill any gasoline if you have to fill your tank--and for heaven's sake, don't fill it before 4pm!! It's all a bit creepy, really.
It's only supposed to be in the high 80s today, and I was in fact going to do some yard work. I'm not quite ready to get back on the bike with Bucket, but I figured I could at least get some weeds pulled and maybe some grass seed planted. Perhaps tomorrow I'll get an earlier start and just not turn on the radio--then I won't hear about how the air itself will sear my lungs.
I bet it's nice and humid and non-threatening in Missouri, where I'll be in four days! Hooray for trees and grass and green! And family and friends. :)
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