Last week, our fish vendor told us that they weren’t going to be at the Farmer’s Market today. Normally, we would have gone anyway and picked up some veggies and fruit and taken our usual long walk afterwards, but today we skipped it. I had my doubts how many of the vendors would make it because of the fires and road closures and the air was VERY smoky.

Instead, we made a bonus trip to Lunardi’s for salmon (which we cooked inside, not on the Traeger!). And then we went to Target for the first time since the lockdown started to see if we could find a thermometer and a pulse oximeter – and we found both! The thermometer is a Kinsa, so we are now donating our temperatures to science; the pulse oximeter is not connected to the world as far as I can tell.

Beyond that, it’s been a very quiet day at home.

We took a walk early this morning, even though the AQI was slightly over 150 (at least that’s what the AirNow app and my iPhone’s Weather app claimed – PurpleAir gives a different number, and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has yet another reading). There were occasional bursts of sunlight, but it was mostly gloomy and smoky, so we stayed home the rest of the day.

The Post Office went above and beyond the call of duty again today, delivering my new alarm interface even though it had the wrong address on the envelope. They called me to tell me that they would try to get it to me this afternoon, even though my carrier had already gone out to make deliveries – and they did!

By the time it got here, it was getting dark; I tried to hook it up anyway, but couldn’t get the wiring to stay in place properly. Tomorrow is another day, right?