Great balls of fire!

So, the entire state of Florida is on fire these days. With something like 250+ wildfires currently burning throughout the state, it was just a matter of time before we started getting nervous. Last week, Gainesville was surrounded on three sides by wildfires. We still are, but they're not as close as they were. As the fires got closer and closer and the smoke and ash got heavier and heavier, I started gathering up important paperwork that we'd have to take with us should disaster strike. And that whole experience was a bit odd. What do you take when you can't take everything? What do you sacrifice? Clearly, we'd take all of the animals. But since John was in California at the time, I would have been doing this by myself. With my small, four-door sedan. Once filled with myself, the dog, and the three cats in their carriers, there would have been little room for anything else. Thankfully, nothing bad happened to us and the fires never got close enough to warrant an evacuation. But it did make me think about belongings and what really matters.