Yesterday was such an off day for me. It started early and just continued throughout the day. I finished up my homework by about midnight but something kept me awake for another 3 hours. I literally sat laying awake contemplating why I coudn't sleep.
Four hours later my phone rang and woke me up. My mom was so proud of herself, she figured out the time difference, 9 months before I go home. She just forgot the check the date. Saturday morning and the phone is ringing at 7am. ugh! We talked for a bit then I tried to fall back asleep. It wasn't happening, even if you don't take into consideration the 3 or 4 other times she called. What sucked was yesterday the boys decided to sleep until eleven. MOM, ELEVEN!! (seriously mom, it's okay. Just harassing you).
I had a huge paper to do so I had a few hours of peace and quiet to work on it. The boys woke up and were out to play. Week 8 of a 10 week term, they know this is mom's crazy time. Then Derrick called. Yesterday was one if the most unsettling conversations we've had yet. It really shook me up and I think I'm still trying to fully grasp or maybe just block out everything. I don't know how I would be functioning today had it not been for a few friends calling and stopping by when they did. Thank you, you know who you are. I was able to talk to D for a little while before he had to go, it wasn't an abrupt goodbye, but it wasn't as ideal as I'd like it to be.
So I'm sitting uneasy (uneasy is such an understatement) and for hours I'm between losing my mind, writing a paper I have no desire to write and trying to convince myself that food might be a good idea. Hours pass, I mean it's now after 10 pm and the phone rings.
It's Derrick!! a two call day, yay! He doesn't say much in the way of hello's but asks if it's night here. Of course it is silly. Then he asks if I can see the moon. It was so hard for me to tell him I didn't want to go outside because it's cold here when I know the 50something I'm feeling would be shorts and t-shirt weather for him (the daytime high is barely 30 degrees there). I tell him it's overcast and he tells me I have to at least try to see it. So I step outside [and freeze] I look up and can see the clouds illuminated but they are too think to see the moon. I tell him that and as I do, it was as if God had taken his hand and wiped away all the clouds around the moon. It was the most brilliant moon I'd ever seen. It was magical. As I looked up with it shining straight down on me I (in all of my cheesiness) asked Derrick if we were standing under the same beautiful moon. Yep, we were! (obviously) It was such a magical moment for me. He's so not the romantic type. In fairness to him, he probably wasn't trying to be romantic, he's a huge science buff. It was pretty spectacular scientifically speaking. :) That call really helped lift some of the weight off my chest.
This morning, it wasn't even 7 am when my mother called. This time she announced that she knew it was Sunday and that it was early. She didn't care, she had something she wanted to tell me. She asked me if it was still dark here. She had just seen an article on yahoo about the moon. Last nights moon was going to be the brightest moon of 2009. I told her that I probably wouldn't be able to see the moon at that point, but Derrick saw it and called me. Neither of us knew what was making it so much brighter than usual but it was definitely a beautiful sight. After her moon announcement I told her goodnight and went back to sleep.
I just thought it was awesome, I see the romance in what Derrick was doing, it was like a fairy tale how the clouds just dissipated, it was perfect. As perfect as this situation could be. Then on the scientific side of it, we were also able to share a historic event together even with thousands of miles between us.
(I know, I'm a cheese ball.)
Oh and yes, even before sharing this story with my good friend Andie, (total movie buff) I was thinking of this song. As soon as I saw the moon it was playing in my head. Now I've gotta watch An American Tale...
Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight
Someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight
Somewhere out there someone's saying a prayer
That we'll find one another in that big somewhere out there
And even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star
And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky
Somewhere out there if love can see us through
Then we'll be together somewhere out there
Out where dreams come true
And even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star
And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky
Somewhere out there if love can see us through
Then we'll be together somewhere out there
Out where dreams come true
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