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well. yesterday, i had to evacuate my house because of a fire. i was the only one in town, so it was a little more scary to be in this situation, but i'm so thankful to have such good friends and a sweet boyfriend who took care of me and made sure i was ok and didn't let me be too scared about everything. the only thing i could do was just wait and see what happened, so it was nice to have people try to take my mind off it a bit. i am back home now. the smoke is still really bad and it's pretty much snowing ash outside. the fire has moved west from my neighborhood, so it's not heading towards any more houses. when i look out the windows, the night sky has an intense orange glow to it and sometimes i can see the flames shoot up from the mountains. it's just a crazy thing to witness. so here are my simplicity pages... the first one is about my fire experience.
here is the journaling for the first one: i wasn't able to get a good photo of the fire, but i don't think i'll need one. i'm fairly certain these images will stay with me. when i found out about the fire, i left the lab right away. the police were blocking my neighborhood, but when i told them where i live, they allowed me to go through to get some clothes. i couldn't even think when i got inside my house, the smoke even inside made it hard to breathe. but then simplicity sort of set in. what do i absolutely need to have from my home? what is most important to me? i quickly gathered my things, and as i drove away, the fire was raging in the backyards of the houses across the street. i started to tear up, but i knew i had what i needed and there was nothing left for me to do but wait.
and this is the simplicity page that i had planned to make before all the fire craziness happened. it's a photo from andrew's rooftop in san francisco. i was going to add more stuff to it, but i thought i should just keep it simple. ha. :]
& & playing catch up with all of these: