sleepy day

I got up at 3 am last night to view the lunar eclipse. Of course that was just the beginning so the moon was still very bright and full. E grumbled at me. We reset the alarm for 4:50 am and then got up to see the complete eclipse. It was humid and I could see moisture rising from the earth around me but the sky was very clear. I stood there to watch the small crescent of the bright moon disappear, E went back to bed. I've always enjoyed eclipses. I can't imagine seeing something like that and not being amazed if I was an ancient person. The moon is so bright and then it is blotted out almost like magic!

As a kid my mom pulled me out of school for an afternoon so I could see a solar eclipse. We made our own cardboard viewer and went to the park. They happened to be debuting Fruitopia at that time so I got to try that for free. The only down side was somehow a reporter took a picture of me and my older sister looking at the eclipse sharing a viewer and it ended up in the paper, so much for skipping school undetected!

Random moment of the day:
I was headed out to lunch when I was bumped into by an animal care guy with a huge cart of dirty rat cages. The pungent smell of rat pee accompanied me down the elevator even after he had gotten off. I always worry, if someone is waiting to get on at a lower level, if they think the pee smell is associated w/ me. Ew. Luckily, today no one was there when it stopped. But that smell really has some sticking power, it seems to get stuck in my nostrils for hours.