I am sure this news will probably pop up in other places, but I am excited about it, so I will post something.
It is too bad that this is happening on a week night, and not a few days later when we would be off for Christmas break. Still, I could probably give up a little sleep to step outside and see the eclipse. There aren’t too many astronomical events visible to the naked eye from your back yard when you live next to a large mall!
The only concern I see right now is that it may be snowing Monday night / Tuesday morning… so hopefully there isn’t cloud cover.