Writing

Around noon, we went to Oslo!  Not really, of course, but lately there have been these live tours of museums, and this was one we didn't want to miss.  We were checking out old Viking ships, carriages and leather shoes worn by Vikings on our tour, and it was just kind of neat to sort of feel like we were in Oslo there for a bit.

Well, the weather was wet today, and unfortunately it was a little too wet down at Cape Canaveral where the next rocket was due to be launched.  This one was significant, because there were two astronauts inside, ready to go up into space.  How ironic that we're doing this whole space series right now.  Anyway, we sat there waiting - and so did the astronauts.  So did the President, who was down there to watch in person. But it was not to be, as the weather presented a slight threat at the last minute.  Oh well!  Next launch is in a few days, and we'll watch that historic moment then.  Speaking of history...

Tonight was the beginning of the end for "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."  It was the start of season seven, and yes, they went back into history.  The goal was to stop some time travelers from going back and ruining the timeline, and so there they all are now, in 1931.  They've been hundreds of years in the future, in outer space, and all over the world pretty much.  Now the past, and it's been fun to watch.  We were there back at the beginning, and have seen every single episode as they came out at the beginning.  Madison wasn't old enough to see the first ones, but we'll be seeing those soon enough with her.  My favorite season was the first one, easily.  But this one looks like it is going to be lots of fun, with fedoras and aliens and President Roosevelt.  No spoilers here, but we all enjoyed the show a lot.  And we watched the post show cast reunion on Zoom, listening in as actors, producers and writers shared memories of the seven seasons that have gone by.  This is basically the only television show we actually watch on network television as each episode comes out, so how strange it was to be reintroduced to commercial segments again, and how boring they were with all the "this is the new normal" sort of talk.  So many commercials with people with masks on or Zoom conferences and so on.  It was just a little repetitive, that's all.

Anyway, it was a good day today.  Madison had a Zoom meeting of her own, a small group one:

She always has a good time with these.  Camille does such a great job managing it all, and keeping things going with spiritual lessons and fun.  Beyond that, we saw Camille at the office today, as we were doing a good bit of writing on our next script for Summer Xtreme.  We finished day one and it came out really well.  Two more days to go there.  But Madison contributed a bit as well, the three of us writing down in "Mission Control."

She did well helping out - we were there for a few hours, and it was nice having her nearby to listen in and learn a bit, and again, throw out ideas here or there.  She was a part of the process, and we'll no doubt have her back again doing just that for the next two parts.  In the meantime, she's also been writing a story on her computer in her spare time, an ongoing book that she's working on.  So she likes writing a good bit, and that's neat to see.

We read tonight, and we prayed tonight.  And then it was time for some rest.  The rain is plentiful out there, and it sounds so nice, the pitter-patter on the leaves.  A stronger rain is coming later on, but right now, things are nice, and we are blessed.