I read about the lunar eclipse on Monday, and had every good intention of getting up at 5am on tuesday to see it. However, because I like to sleep so much, I decided not to set my alarm for it. I figured since I've been waking up just about every 1/2 hour between 1am and 5am every night anyway (oh, do I miss the days when I was a heavy sleeper... now if I hear any little noise, I sit up wide awake, and then toss and turn for the next few hours), I'd wake up for it anyway.
So I fell sound asleep around 10:30, and was sleeping the sleep of the dead ... when I was jolted awake by violent coughing and gasping at 4:30am. Jeff, who is still fighting off bronchitis after a full month, 2 rounds of antibiotics, a week's worth of steroid treatments, and several visits to the doctor, was sitting up on the edge of bed trying to breath and failing miserably.
So after a couple minutes more of wheezing, gasping, coughing, and turning red and then purple, he finally got some air in and settled back down. By this time, I was wide awake, ready to call 911 in case he stopped breathing all together, and there was pretty much no going back to sleep.
I glanced over at the clock and saw that it was around 5am ... time for the lunar eclipse! So I put on some flipflops, and wandered out to the patio to watch the show. I took some pictures, but they didn't turn out very well since my camera only has a 3x zoom... but here's what it would have looked like with a better camera or a telescope....
So I fell sound asleep around 10:30, and was sleeping the sleep of the dead ... when I was jolted awake by violent coughing and gasping at 4:30am. Jeff, who is still fighting off bronchitis after a full month, 2 rounds of antibiotics, a week's worth of steroid treatments, and several visits to the doctor, was sitting up on the edge of bed trying to breath and failing miserably.
So after a couple minutes more of wheezing, gasping, coughing, and turning red and then purple, he finally got some air in and settled back down. By this time, I was wide awake, ready to call 911 in case he stopped breathing all together, and there was pretty much no going back to sleep.
I glanced over at the clock and saw that it was around 5am ... time for the lunar eclipse! So I put on some flipflops, and wandered out to the patio to watch the show. I took some pictures, but they didn't turn out very well since my camera only has a 3x zoom... but here's what it would have looked like with a better camera or a telescope....
I was pleasantly surprised to have some company out in the yard, when Jeff, Baxter, and Sake all came out to sit on the patio with me. Though it was a pleasant night, no wind and no bugs, I found out something about Louisiana after hot, humid days and steamy nights.... It Stinks.... Literally. Our yard smelled like a combination of sewage and swamp. So much for the pleasant smell of ginger and jasmine, both of which are growning in our back yard... and what about that lavendar growing on the patio in my herb garden?!?
Funny how I've never noticed that smell during the day. The sun must burn the stench right out!
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