Monday- eclipse day!

[mmarie]

What are you guys doing for the eclipse?!

[aggiebug]

We are driving to the band of totality for it. Packing a lunch hoping to make it to a playground and watch from there. Totality is about an hour from here on a good day so we are leaving at 10, we hope 3 hrs is enough time!

[mmarie]

We are going to the children's museum. They are having a block party with a band, food trucks, and all sorts of eclipse related activities. It's cloudy and thundering right now, but I already told DD about going to the children's museum and she's excited. So we are going either way, then maybe a target run while we are in town.

[dmorgendorffer]

Oops I created a duplicate thread!

Good luck seeing the eclipse aggiebug and mmarie.

I don't have eclipse glasses, we aren't near totatlity and I'm at work so I'll probably just be looking at the pictures online.

I was super rough coming into work this morning knowing I have a full week this week. I'm already looking forward to labor day.

[lilyelayne]

It's only ~80% here. I made a cereal box pinhole viewer so we might do that. Just depends on G's mood. We should see peak just before nap time.

dmorgendorffer hope it's a easy week!

[mmarie]

Well the clouds went away and they ran out of glasses.. not sure what we are gonna do. Inside is packed so DD doesn't want to go inside lol

[dreemkin]

It was 88% here but it was cloudy with drizzles. So it only ended up looking stormy here. Oh well... didn't make plans for it anyway.

We are staying in and having a relaxed day bc H and I have the cold that the girls had last week. H WFH today bc of feeling icky and I don't feel like grocery shopping. I'm getting back into my diet today and tracking what I eat to see if that will help boost things for me!

aggiebug was is super dark or just like a shadow?

[kartish]

We drove up two and a half hours to totality, it was super cool to see. Now who knows when we will get home, lol. We are grabbing lunch and the freeway is a parking lot. But we have no where to be so it's all good.

[dreemkin]

Did anyone watch Game of Thrones?! Woah so much happened! I knew that was gonna happen at the end...eventually. I am still sad that it did 😢

[aggiebug]

dreemkin it was like dusk right before it turns completely dark. I could still see my surroundings easily but it was darker than just a cloudy stormy day for sure. We lucked out we drove through several bands of heavy storms to get to totality but it cleared up right after the eclipse started. We had clouds move in right near totality but the sun was in a pocket at just the right time! So cool.

[dreemkin]

Does anyone have any ideas for a girls night out? I need to come up with a few ideas for a future one when we are getting together this week. We are doing foot massages and drinks this time and if it works out we might make it a more regular thing! I have thought of maybe dessert at a fondue place but I don't know if these girls are eaters iykwim. I only know the one who invited me right now.

[lilyelayne]

dreemkin do y'all have a paint n sip place nearby? Do you know what I'm talking about, byob art class?

[mmarie]

Hope the cold doesn't last long dreemkin

[mmarie]

Aug 21, 2017 21:08:46 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

dreemkin do y'all have a paint n sip place nearby? Do you know what I'm talking about, byob art class?

Yes! I would suggest this too! They are pretty fun!

[seamonster]

Aug 21, 2017 21:11:11 GMT -5 mmarie said:

Aug 21, 2017 21:08:46 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

dreemkin do y'all have a paint n sip place nearby? Do you know what I'm talking about, byob art class?

Yes! I would suggest this too! They are pretty fun!

I was going to suggest this too. I've done it and it was fun.

[seamonster]

Saw the eclipse at work. Only partial here. Someone brought their telescope with a solar filter. It was really cool and you could see the sun spots.

I spent the rest of the day reinstalling all my work software because my computer had to be rebuilt after an OS upgrade. I'm sick and DS is sick. I think I'm going to make an appearance at work dye to a morning meeting and bagels and then call off sick tomorrow.

[aggiebug]

Sorry you are sick seamonster, but that is awesome about the telescope. It's really fascinating to look at the sun through the telescope (with a proper filter of course)

[aggiebug]

dreemkin I love your idea of a fondue place! Karaoke, paint night, escape room, jazz bar,

[dmorgendorffer]

dreemkin I think the options above are all good, I'll add trivia night. I'm sure you could find a bar that hosts one.

[lilyelayne]

seamonster hope y'all feel better soon!