Foiled by fire

Well, nursing school got the boot today. What should've been an uplifting 5-hr lecture about end-of-life care (complete with a movie that had the entire class weeping), was cut short when it was determined that the air quality at Saddleback was deemed too high a risk for the health of its staff and students. One of my friends drove 7 HOURS from Oceanside to try and make it for the rest of that lecture and then our Gerontology class tonight. She was in class a grand total of 15 minutes before they canceled class. AWESOME!!! While driving home from school and noting how bad the air quality was, I lost yet another battle in the War of Motivation To Study and checked the surf. Waist high, glassy and only 5 people out at Doheny.. WHAAAAT?!? What's that, ash falling from the sky? Pfffff! So, I surfed. And it was a blast. And I coughed for about an hour afterwards. The entire ocean surface was littered with teensy pieces of burned particles. On my way home, I took this picture from Pines Park on Camino Capistrano. Check that air quality... breathe deep!!!!