Still no offer for gmail. How long must I wait?

Strange weather today -- not the type of weather that I usually identify as a type with Southern California. But I wonder if it is not as uncommon as I think it is. Gray and breezy, but not breezy from the NW, but breezy from the south/southeast. Gives the landscape a kind of desolate, cul-de-sac of the world feel to it. Sort of as if all the rubble, leaves, and detritus that had been blowing into their designated nooks and crevices by the prevailing winds had been unsettled and blown back out into the open. Wildflowers in garden, as taken off-guard by it as me, as tousled as my hair.

Passed three Asian-American guys this afternoon kneeling in the middle of library walk praying. I overheard the prayer leader saying, "Prepare to sharpen our swords for the next battle, Lord." Not sure if they were on their way to a midterm, or a holy war.