The lyrid meteor shower peaked April 21-22 and we had a clear night last Wednesday. Naturally, I decided that seeing this is more important than sleep, so I dragged Corbin out of bed at 2am on a school night and drove us out to Jocelyn Petersens house to stargaze from her dock on Lake Windsor. Reese and Logan had rolled into town on Tuesday and were happy to join our middle of the night adventure. Jocelyn and Wynn had just returned from Europe so they opted to sleep and get back on normal operating hours, but were generous to let us hike down to their lake. I had planned for us to kayak but we decided to lay out on blankets on the dock instead. We saw several shooting stars and laughed a lot because sleep deprivation makes everything funny. I should have waited until 3 to get us out there, because the shower really picked up around 3:30 am. But it was worth it!
Corbin was a good sport in spite of having difficult classes the following day and a presentation to give (I didn’t know about that part until after. Oops). Prob still would have encouraged the adventure though. Gotta seize opportunities to live and connect. This was one of those times. He did express concern, “Uhhh so I don’t think other mothers drag their kids out of bed in the middle of the night to stare at the sky. Some moms want their teenagers to sleep.”
Reese jumped in, “No Corbin. Other moms probably don’t do this. Enjoy it.”
And he did. We all did. Reese. Logan. Me. Corbin. And Corbin’s immunity goggles so no one can get him out in splash assassin 😂 we won’t forget this night.
We can sleep later. The stars are here today.
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