Crazy Fog

January 16, 2026

Today for the first time in 23 years, Clovis Unified called a Foggy Day Schedule. We ultimately ended up on a four hour delay, which made our classes, for the few students who came, about 15 minutes each. Something I've always been bothered by is that if it is so foggy that they believe it is unsafe for school busses to run, why on earth do they think it is safe for regular cars to be out on the road? The parents who drive their little ones? Young teen drivers navigating foggy roads for the first time? School employees? Y'all, none of us can see 10 feet ahead of us in those conditions. In fact, I found out that one of my students got into a horrific accident on her way to school this morning. She was transported to the hospital in critical condition. It breaks my heart for her and for her family! In addition, in the evening Rafe and I drove out of town to Palm Springs. We thought we'd drive out of the fog, but there were still huge patches of it all the way to Bakersfield. On the other side of the freeway near Tulare, we saw a big rig totally engulfed in flames after a wreck. I just hope the driver made it out. Stay safe on those roads, all!

Knitting Class #2

January 15, 2026

Since I have been making progress (really, just so I remember how to do it), I wanted to be able to keep working on my green project and not have to unravel it or change it to learn something new because I'm proud of it, flaws and all. (Yes, I did drop a couple of stitches here and there. It gives it a little character!) So tonight in class, I bought a second skein of yarn and knitting needles to practice casting on and perhaps to learn how to purl as well. Turns out we didn't get to purl, but that's okay. I love the variegated colors of this skein, and the different textures. We'll see how this one looks on a few weeks!

More Knitting Progress

January 14, 2026

I'm just practicing and not actually 'making' anything in particular yet, but I am feeling really good about my progress! I can see this being a hobby I stick with.

Pub Quiz, Round Two

January 13, 2026

We decided to check out a different pub quiz this week. We went to House of Pendragon, which is much closer to home and had great food. Unfortunately the acoustics weren't great, or maybe just our seats were not ideal, but it was nice that they had a screen to project the questions. I liked the variety of types/formats of questions. This particular night was themed, and it happened to be a theme I felt pretty strong in--culinary. I was definitely able to come with some answers not everyone in our group had! That being said, I don't know if every week is a theme night, but next week is all things Star Wars, for which I would be decidedly less useful.