storm’s a-brewin!

it’s really windy outside and the temp has dropped about 35 degrees from what it was at 5 p.m.

(it was 85, by the way. i’d bet that’s a record high temperature, in a year full of record high temperatures.)

now an “arctic” front is blowing through and the temperature is supposed to dip down closer to normal. it’s so nutty, hearing about the “impending winter storm” on the local news channels. they talk about this like it’s never been cold here before. like no one owns anything but tank tops and flip flops.

personally i can’t wait.

i left work at 5:10 and ran for about two miles, then stopped at the gym. i stretched, lifted weights, and did a little yoga, and left at 6:10 to walk back to the office to collect my things and go home. as i stepped out the front doors of the gym, i could immediately smell something burning in the distance. the wind had picked up quite a bit and the sky was full of giant navy and copper rounded clouds reflecting the setting sun. i was wearing shorts and a spaghetti strap bra-top, and i got chilled really quickly from being sweaty and the strong cool wind. it took me about 10 minutes to get back to my office, and the burning smell kept getting stronger as i walked. it smelled like someone had taken a huge pile of raisins and flowers and thrown it on a wood fire. i swear the air looked hazy too.

wowzers. i just did a little web search and found out that there are fires in southern oklahoma, so when the winds turned from the north it brought the smoke down to us. that’s pretty amazing. the smell was so strong that i thought it was maybe in the neighborhood to the north of my office.

that’s a fuckload of smoke. it was making my eyes sting. (or maybe that was just the wind)

now i’m sitting in my office writing, and i keep hearing things hitting my roof every time the wind gusts. probably leaves, twigs, and maybe a small squirrel or two tossed by the wind.