Bats (Yes The Flying Things That Aren't Bugs) Helping My Mental Health

A nice surprise when the meteor shower didn't pan out Lmao so remember yesterday? How excited I was about finally a night I could watch the perseids near the peak of the shower with minimal moon light pollution and clear skies? It fucking rained. Like. A lot. Another year of Perseid persecution upon me and my family etc etc but like, it is what it is. And I think the act of going out there and trying is important. There were more clouds than we were supposed to have with a small potential (10%!!) for rain a few hours after dark but we could see one or two stars through the sky blanket and figured it was worth a shot. About an hour in, sprinkles started and by an hour and a half we had another one of our (apparently super common here??) "30 lightning strikes per minute" storms. Bonkers shit. But a neat thing happened before any of that Bugs were obviously very interested in the warm bodies out in the dark, and that meant that the nearby bats had a fucking buffet. Taken in April of…