Innsbruck - here despite it never being on my to-see list

The week officially ended with a stop at the store for cereal. Standing in the check-out it hit me how much we all look like zombies. Everyone at the store had the same dazed, vacant, and slightly off kilter look as if we had all come back from the beach and had forgotten the marshmallows. For the first time this week, there are pockets of blue sky over Carlsbad. Not to east or over the ocean but if I look straight up, there is blue. Tonight I can even open the windows. It's a moment of respite from the nagging knowledge that the fires are still burning and any sudden change in the wind could stir things up once again. Maybe by Monday when people get to go home it will feel better. We'll find out then.