08/04/2024
The moment just before it happens ✨ That's my favorite.This job is surrounded by anticipation. Anticipating the completion of each event is a unique kind of stress – one that I crave more of oddly enough. I guess that means I love this job.
I love that final moment. The threshold between sending everyone down the aisle, or opening the doors to a fully set reception space. So long as I'm not distracted by something else, I'll often do a little dance or give someone nearby a *quiet* high five in celebration after a year's worth of anticipation coming to fruition.
Well today marks a different kind of celebration that I've been anticipating, the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse 🌄 I bought a telescope when I was about 10 yrs old and observed space with my Dad growing up. Celestial events – particularly eclipses – are something special to me.
Josh and I went to a mountaintop bed and breakfast for the last total eclipse in 2017 and it was pure magic. We set up our picnic on the peak, watched the partial eclipse begin, and before we knew it the sun slipped into a void, insects chattered, and the sky began to glow. It was truly the most magical experience. That moment just before the sun slipped away – that was the moment I had waited for.
Here we are again – I blinked and seven years blew by. The anticipation is real and I'm here for it. I hope you take some time to go outside and see the eclipse today, even if it’s cloudy. Make sure you wear solar eye protection during the partial eclipse if the sun is out. It is only safe to take glasses off if you are in the path of totality during totality (approx 3:12 PM in north Columbus, OH).
These photos don't do the true events justice, but are as close as you can get to the real thing (and they are beautiful!)
I’m off work celebrating and hope you can, too!
