Early yesterday morning.. about 5am..

*KABOOOOM!!!!*

That rolled me outta bed, instantly in flight or fight mode.. checking for flames or burning.

After a minute, I thought it was just a huge thunderclap from a passing cloud.

Until about a half-hour later.. the news said:

"If you heard a loud boom, that was the sonic boom from the Space Shuttle landing from the Hubble mission."

You know, until I heard that and watched pictures of the shuttle landing in the darkness.. the Space Shuttle didnt really seem real to me.

Sure, theres tv and and images and reports and whatnot.

It felt outside my realm.

Then I got tossed outta bed by a landing space ship.

Cool. :-)