Yes, it's a big deal! Get with the program! My niece is eclipse crazy so is organizing the party. It should be fun. Here is a neat eclipse tracker she sent me the link for:
https://www.univision.com/especiales...solar-2024-en/
And she says you can go to sonic and get a blackout slush and it comes with free goggles. You won't like the drink (except maybe Fleetside Paul because the drink goes so well with the chili cheese coney) but you'll like the goggles. We ordered our goggles off of amazon.com for last year's ring of fire eclipse. Next eclipse is in many years. We're having the party rain or shine by golly.