Heavenly Fun!

Hopefully everyone who remembered had a glimpse of the lunar eclipse last night or should I say in the wee hours of Tuesday morning.  Yes, I was up.  Having fallen asleep on the couch way too early, I prowled the house at 2:00AM.  Probably a good thing, it gets me back into the work mode.  I am the closer for the next couple of weeks, meaning, I'll be driving home at 2:00AM.  No big thing, this time of year, it gets dark early and quite cool, I'd rather be working, can't really do anything outside. 

I love anything to do with astronomy, outer space basically the heavens.   Finding it totally fascinating, remembering as a young child at the start of the space program, I always wanted to be part of the team that blasted off into space.   So while I patiently watched the moon's shadows last evening, those childhood thoughts returning but other memories of gazing into the skies also surfaced.  Early one morning as we readied for the opening of Fred's News, we made sure all the back dock lights were off and our back yard as dark as possible.  Mr. Bill and I patiently gazing towards the heavens awaiting the forecasted meteor shower...we were not disappointed, what a shower it was.small and large tails criss-crossing the skies, we watched in the stillness of the night, neither speaking just smiling, enjoying the heavenly show!

Not to long ago, as I drove to work at the ungodly hour of 4:00am, listening to the radio and thinking about my day ahead, suddenly a fireball directly in front of me, high in the sky.  What the.....as I continued driving, I noticed the few vehicles on the road driving considerably slower, as was I...all looking at this beautiful fireball with its' long winding trail...Suddenly as quickly as it appeared....puff, gone!  Trying to think rationally. I suddenly realized it was what the last night launch of the space shuttle.  Absolutely gorgeous!  I had seen a few daytime launches since our move to Florida, all exciting, each totally different.  Nothing compared to the stark beauty of this, the awesome power it takes to send this mammoth "above and beyond!"

Quite excited, I had to call home,not thinking of the hour, just completely in awe of what I had seen,wanting to share with the Egg-Nazi.  As the phone continues to ring, I wonder why,no answer,suddenly I feel a beep from my cell phone...caller ID, it's Mr. Bill calling from his cell....what the...!!!!  "Hey sweetheart, I just saw the most beautifully different thing, after you left, I turn on the TV and realized the shuttle, about to be launched, so I headed outside...OMG did you see that burn, awesome, totally awesome!!!" he shouts with delight.  "Oops," he says, "I'll call you right back from the house phone."  Less than a minute later, he's calling,"I think I woke up the neighbors, as I yelled in the phone to you, the neighbors lights came on, so I ducked in the house!"  Wasn't it a great sight, did you see it?"  Did I see it, it appeared as if it were right above me....... OMG two peas in a pod!