This whole thing is so cool

Yeah. Still wish I'd traveled to totality, but my life has been too unsettled to make plans

It's starting a partial over where I am too!
Dad doesn't want to go out until it's 'time', though.

Totality is quick, tell him to get outside well beforehand to see the effects.

Official Astronomer Advice.

Seriously I have loved walking out and checking the different stages.

Yeah, I can just see the Sun from my balcony. (It faces east, so later in the afternoon I woulodn't see anything.)

it was cool!

I wish I'd been in totality too

We had the same thing going on p much! Not full darkness at any point but the light def had that weird quality to it- the shadows were strange, kind of like double vision, and there was a ripple effect on the ground.

I think my fave part of the experience was just that there were a bunch of people outside gathering with friends and family to observe what was going on.

(I had brief conversations with two different strangers which, considering my usual levels of social anxiety, is impressive for me.)