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Mon Apr 8 06:00:01 EDT 2024
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Slept from eleven to seven-thirty.
Not as cool.
Partly cloudy.
Highs around 70.
South winds 10 to 15 mph.
* [ ] exercise for twenty minutes
* [ ] rebuild personal VM (RHEL EOL June 2024)
* [ ] car oil change
* [ ] schedule dentist appointment
* [ ] schedule optometrist appointment
Finished reading Kiki's Delivery Service.
Good.
Took the day off work for the eclipse.
Drove south to see the eclipse.
Totality was supposed to be at about 3:12 PM.
I left around 12:30 PM, figuring that would give me plenty of time to get _somewhere_ in the path of totality, maybe near Toledo or at least the Michigan-Ohio border.
Unfortunately, I-75 was a parking lot.
I only made it as far south as Monroe, missing the zone of totality by about fifteen miles.
Frustrating.
The experience was still briefly uncanny.
Daylight dimmed to nearly the black of night for several seconds.
If I ever get another chance, I'll make an extra effort to see totality.
https://aa.usno.navy.mil/calculated/eclipse/solar?eclipse=12024&lat=41.92&lon=-83.4&label=Monroe%2C+MI&height=0&submit=Get+Data
Apparently, I experienced 99.9% obscuration.
So close!
I experienced significant darkness, but didn't see the corona.
Took out trash.
I feel physically and emotionally drained by my failure to see totality.
Some of that may be the long, frustrating drive.
Servings: grains 1/6, fruit 1/4, vegetables 1/4, dairy 1/2, meat 1/3, nuts 0/0.5
Brunch: coffee, bagel with cream cheese, egg, tomato, banana
Dinner:
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