Exceedingly Mundane

I think I held my breath on and off for over two minutes this morning, while the Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off from Kennedy Space Center about 9:39 AM our time. I said lots of prayers and apparently a lot of other people did too, as the shuttle lifted effortlessly into the sky and then into space. I was so relieved, and so very glad. I’ve always been a huge space and astronomy nut (I wrote more about this a couple of weeks ago, when Discovery was originally supposed to have launched), and I am a firm believer in our right and need to explore space. I know a lot of people might disagree, and say that money was better spent on poverty, medicine or other avenues, but I’m a huge proponent of exploring our last frontier and discovering more of God’s handiwork. I think it’s an integral part of mankind’s nature, to reach out and look for more. I, for one, am very hopeful they will continue our space program and continue to reach further, go faster and do more. I am going to be paying close attention the next few days and find out how all the work at the International Space Station is going. I want to go there one day. 🙂

On another front, I think it’s going to be very hot here again today, but hopefully not as hot as the last few days. I think we hit 100º yesterday or the day before. Tim and I were watching the news last night and they said we had not hit 100 since 2000, but that year we hit it several times. It has really felt scorching lately, and I know my flowers and the grass are suffering. I spent over 2 hours out watering and running the sprinklers all morning. Everything is just so parched.