Total Eclipse 2024
Total eclipse shot in Pennsylvania. Photo by Mary Ongwen You guys, this eclipse thing exhausted my head. It was in every second article on my news feed, my social media platforms, school…I couldn’t get away but I also couldn’t be bothered. Mr. O mentioned it twice, once like two months ago and then last week, just to make sure I’d cleared my schedule. I was like yeah, yeah! He read up on it, mapped out routes, and locations for the best view. I should have taken note. Dude patiently waits for people to come around. When something is major, it’s major. After 23 years I should know he’s right—99.9% of the time. So I asked, what time we needed to start the journey, he said 6:30am 😳. I mean I love nature and I’m usually up by 6:30am but for some reason when it’s outside my plans it’s as if eh?! 6:30am, I was up and ready. Snacks were packed—road trip-ready on Monday morning, can you handle? We drove for a long time. I finished an office assignment, listened to podcasts, music, slept