It's been smoky where I live and the air quality is bad enough that it's not safe to be outside for long, which feels really dystopic. It feels really sad to remember when that used to be a very rare occurrence but now it's becoming pretty typical and I'm not feeling very confident that things will go back to the way they were. I'm trying to accept and adapt but first I think it's important to let myself grieve the life I thought we were all going to get to live relatively free of natural disaster.