For some reason that I cannot fathom, for the last 10 days or so, I have taken up the unfortunate habit of waking up at four in the morning.
Four is an uncivilized time of day to get up. Five is acceptable, as it could conceivably put you in the category of a zealous self-starting early bird, eager to get on with your day. But four? Four is in the realm of creepy stalker behavior. I'm not a fan.
However. If you are willing to take a short stroll out into your yard in your jammies, at four in the morning, you might be rewarded with some gobsmacking star gazing.
The other morning, I did just that and saw a trio of stars... well actually, they are planets I'm sure... arranged in a loose triangle, with the waning crescent moon taking up one corner, making a wonky square. I stood there in amazement... and then I remembered something.
Many years ago, when my boys were young, I couldn't sleep and wandered bleary eyed out onto the back deck to be greeted with what I am assuming was a similar alignment of planets, only this time they were in a pretty tightly arranged perfect triangle. And my dear friends you must believe me, because I have never been in the habit of telling tall tales, a crescent moon was floating RIGHT in the middle of said triangle.
I stood there in stunned silence for several minutes, trying to take in this wonderous sight, and not really being able to do so. I realized that I needed witnesses. I proceeded to wake up the entire house at what was probably three in the morning. It's not easy to wake up a five year old at that hour, but I managed. I thought it was important. My husband appreciated the entire idea though, so I had help.
We all stood there marveling at this rare sight for several minutes. Then everyone went back to bed. Though I don't think any of the boys remember this. I'll have to ask them.
So, it was such a treat to see something so reminiscent ... let's see.... I have to do the math... approximately forty years ago!
Bringing me to the conclusion that I was awakened by angels, who couldn't pass up the opportunity to have someone witness this celestial delight.
And just to put a little icing on the early morning cake, because I was up today just as the sky was thinking about dawn, I got to see part of Orion peeking over the horizon getting ready for his fall and winter reign.
So, I guess I'll have to amend my idea about four in the morning. Though with all these striking astronomical displays as my reward, you could say that I have become a star stalker.
But not a creepy one.
(I'll decide if you are creepy or not and it won't be a long deliberation either.)
You ended a sentence with a preposition.
(See, pointing out other people's errors is creepy.)
You don't see the irony in that do you?
(What irony?)
Never mind.
