ASH... Thursday ?

I took the 3:45 train in to the city yesterday... I was pretty sleepy and dozing off most of the way there.   Ben called me when I was just about to arrive and told me to look out the window.  I thought... hmm, looks so hazy, is rain in the forecast?  No!  Sakurajima spewed a whole lotta Ash!!!  

After getting off the train and seeing everyone with their umbrellas out and open and handkerchiefs over their noses and mouths, I went into a convenience store and bought our first masks.  As you know, they're normally worn to protect from colds and to help with allergies.  We wore them for our first time ever to prevent from Ash inhalation.