Total Eclipse

I know this picture is not great.. at all.. but I only have the digital camera.

There was a total lunar eclipse last night over Glasgow. Mike had read about it somewhere, but we figured we would not be able to see it. Many a time we have planned on something over here, and the weather has stepped in and ruined it. It has been fairly cloudy for the last part of the week, with only short breaks for sunshine. All yesterday afternoon, there was a pretty good cloud cover. Then as night fell, the clouds lifted and stayed away. It was a great night. Since the light from the moon was blocked, we were actually able to see some stars! With all the light pollution, we never see stars at our apartment. It will be nice to go up to the Highlands when mom and dad get here (only 15 days now!) just to see stars again.

My parents had been out one night and Pam was babysitting. When mom and dad got home, they always came in to check on us and if we were awake chat for a few minutes. I loved this part of them going out. I really liked Pam, but would usually stay awake just for this alone time with mom and dad. This night however, dad told all three of us to get up and put our coats on. We knew we weren't in trouble (this time), so we quickly complied. It wasn't everyday that dad told us to get out of bed after we were already there, it was usual the opposite! Mom stayed back with the babysitter and dad bundled us it to the car and drove us to the top of the street. When we would ask what we were doing, he just replied, "There's something I want to show you." We were pretty intrigued by this time, late night car rides were not a daily occurrence unless we were going to Illinois. We got to the top of the street and parked, by now the boys and I were really interested. We were told to look out the window and at the moon. We sat there for what felt like forever (but really probably only 15 minutes) while we watched the moon slowly become blocked and start turning a copper color. The boys and I were ecstatic to be able to go to school the next day and tell all our friends what we saw. When the teachers asked the class if we had seen it, we were able to raise our hands. And all thanks to our parents.