Our Life Lessons: The Great American Eclipse

Monday, October 23, 2017

The Great American Eclipse - Week 53

The Great American Eclipse happened on August 21. Sweetheart found the coordinates for where the center line would be.

We got up early and drove to a field. It rained really hard and then cleared up. We saw the eclipse, and it was awesome! The temperature dropped. We saw fireworks in the middle of the day. The crickets chirruped. The asphalt on the freeway cooled down and gave off an odor.

Sweetheart saw the first part of the eclipse, and we all put our glasses on and watched and watched then the clouds rolled in and covered the sun. We saw the eclipse through the clouds.

Miss Sunshine Rae yelled at one point, "I see the diamond ring." That's very important to a 6 year old.

When the eclipse had finished we jumped in our car and started the trip back. The traffic was smooth sailing until we hit the Kansas border. There was an accident that had a car jackknife with a semi-truck just before the toll booth in Kansas. It stopped all traffic, and we snailed along for about an hour.

We stopped for supper at Wilson, Kansas. It has the Largest Czeck Egg.

We ate at Grandma's Restaurant that serves Czech food. They are also a soda fountain, but no sodas were consumed there. We made it back home around 1 am. The next morning Jilli, Dark Hair, and Blondie Bear boarded a plane and returned to Idaho. The whirlwind trip was so much fun!

Sweetheart organized a group of neighbors to oppose a zoning change for a piece of property in our neighborhood. The zoning meeting happened this last week. The zoning committee recommended that the property zoning changed. Generally in our area when a zoning recommendation is given to the city council follows that recommendation. Sweetheart is hopeful that a neighborhood appeal to the city council will influence them.

I returned to the dermatologist for a follow up on my back. I have a clean bill of health, but I also scar with what's called a keloid scarring which is a raised scar tissue. I have read a bit about this type of scarring that recommends to not get piercings or tattoos.

Soccer has started again. The miracle is that the boys are on the same team, practicing at the same time, and games at the same time. This is such a blessing for our family. The boys are really happy to play on the same team.

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