4th of July

Our 4th of July weekend was pretty tame. I took off early on Thursday (very early), and we both had Friday and Saturday off. We bought steak and fish to grill at different times over the weekend. We made sure we had corn to eat (the local stands are selling it like crazy right now). It "Kansas Gold" is not as good as Iowa/S. Wisconsin corn. The Peaches and Cream that I use to get from Cuba City (WI) on my way to visit Grandma and Grandpa Breese was such good corn. And Grandma and Grandpa Wilcke won't eat corn that isn't PERFECT...so I've had really good corn.

On Friday I went to the YMCA Outdoor Pool for the first time. I mostly sat around in the sun and then went in the water to cool off. On Saturday both Michael and I went to the pool. It was take a guest for free week, so Michael got in for free. We were afraid that the pool would be packed on the holiday, but we were only the 3rd or 4th family there. We stayed for about 2 hours and it really didn't fill up too much more than than. It was great. The YMCA that I go to has a wave pool outside. Not good for laps, but great for floating around on an inner tube. They also have a pretty good slide and a very nice kiddie area.

We grilled some of our food on Friday and some of it on Saturday. The fireworks started in earnest on Friday night. The dogs weren't too happy with the situation. Nora was scared for my safety and Lucy kept trying to bark at the noises. Saturday's fireworks started early with a very loud boom. I happened to be napping at the time and there was a loud boom in my dream (napping very hard). Next thing I know there is a German Shepherd in my bed whining. After dark we decided we wanted to go out into the park and watch the fireworks. I didn't want to leave Nora in the house alone freaking out about the fireworks. So I decided that we would take the dogs with us out to the park. I walked them across the street and sat down to wait for Michael and the chairs. Lucy would not stop shaking. She was terrified of the rockets red glare and bombs bursting in air. So we took her back inside and locked her up (she was truly grateful). We kept Nora with us. We planted the chairs on the sidewalk in the park and sat down to watch. Nora got as close as she possibly could to me and as long as I was petting her, she was fine. I don't think she particularly liked being out there, but she did very well.

Then on Sunday I had to go to work and the fun of the weekend was over. But it was a nice long weekend, so that made going back to work a little easier. I very rarely think that any weekend is long enough!