First day of school

Are those smiles under those masks?

Amanda said that dropping them off yesterday felt more like the first day of kindergarten. They've been home so long, it really was unsettling letting them go again. 

They came home tired but the day went pretty well. Unfortunately, they had to stay inside the building because of the smoke. The teachers hope to spend as much time as possible outside while the weather is still good.

That old song keeps running through my head this morning:

 "Oh, what a --- morning, Oh what a ---day!" Fill in the blanks, and the word is not "beautiful."

I'm looking out the window at a grey, dirty, socked in sky. If you can even call it sky.  It rained a bit in the night, but not enough to even put a dent in the air pollution. In fact, the situation is supposed to get even worse tomorrow before things finally start to clear out this weekend.  All we can do is sit tight and stay inside.