Every day is different. Quite a variety. That's part of the fun. Astronomy is fascinating. The Sun is the only star we can study up close, so it tells us a lot about the universe that we cannot learn in any other way.
Solar astronomy is also practical.
The Sun affects us every day, yet we don't understand just how or why. Our society is becoming increasingly sensitive to disturbances caused by the Sun. From the disruption of pagers to errors in GPS navigation, from changes in climate to the threats to satellites and life in space, we realize more and more often how dependent we are on the Sun's good behavior. The technology of space flight is amazing. Travel to interesting destinations for meetings was an unexpected bonus of solar physics, though after a while even that can be a little tiresome.