Non-class stuff

As some of San Diego has a moment to take a breath, and some of us get a chance to rebuild, I wanted to take a moment to abuse this blog site to say that I hope everyone finds themself well, and in a place safe from the fires.
Monday found us (myself, my husband, our dog, 2 cats and 3 parrots) battling the hot winds and dodging ash as we loaded up 2 cars and joined the migration on the freeway leaving Rancho Bernardo and Poway. My workplace in Encinitas was able to take us in for a few hours until they, too, were evacuated. Luckily, I have family in suburban orange county where we were welcomed, as usual. We are here for one last night, then we'll be able to return to our community - such as it is.
I hope everyone reading this is safe, at least, and will soon find themselves back under a comfortable, and preferably familiar, roof. For anyone who has lost something in the fire, my heart goes out to you. For the rest of us (since I recently found out that we are amongst the lucky in Rancho Bernardo), we must take a moment to be thankful (to whatever force you feel appropriate) and do what we can to help and rebuild.
As a community goes, I am so impressed with San Diego. Everyone from giant businesses to blue-collar individuals did so much for so many; it was an amazing show of humanity from the people of Southern California and beyond.
I look forward to seeing everyone in class next week; hopefully safe and getting back to the "normal" business of school.
Juliette