One of the things about the GG that I like is how he geeks out about all kinds of things. Vende Globe sailboat race? Yes. Right now it’s the current moon shot. In the pic is a spreadsheet he has been keeping for at least 30 years.

When did Neil Armstrong walk on the moon? It was 1969. I was 15. My parents had an ancient Zenith black and white TV at the moomincabin and they watched it there but I, being a TEENAGER, went over to the Piedmont cabin to watch it on their color TV. It was MUCH cooler to watch TV at the Piedmont cabin, which was the coolest place to be in our teenage years. There was no place at the moomincabin to hang out. The living room was essentially my parents’ bedroom.

Problem with the moonwalk? I was sick as a dog when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. I wasn’t throwing up, “just” fever and maybe sore throat but I can’t remember. Go home, KW. I can’t. I have to try to be cool. I have a bit of a history of being sick during space things. In second grade, when John Glenn orbited the earth, I threw up all over my desk.

I’m not really watching this moon trip. It’s on in the background and the GG has been a bit grumpy about the pictures, given that back in 1969, camera technology was nothing at all like it is now and he thought they should be better. Apparently the astronauts are taking iPhone pics and that’s what I’d be doing if I was on the Artemis II mission. I can barely stand to board an airliner so you won’t find me on a space mission.

Today was difficult for me. I got myself over caffeinated and the GG got into a HUGE rummaging rampage throughout the afternoon. I was going absolutely nutso.

At the end of the afternoon, I came out of the Water Closet and Cygnus’s car alarm was going off. I reached for my key fob but it wasn’t on the table next to me. Um, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I asked the GG. He was changing the batteries in my fob. The problem was that he somehow set off the alarm. HE COULD NOT HEAR IT. What would we do without my super ears, super nose, or super brain…

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