Happy 4th of July!

Hi all...

Had a damn good day today. Got up this morning to the monstrous thunder that was rattling my windows. Picked up a book and a bottle of water and sat on the balcony for a good two hours reading. It was very nice.

Then a little before noon I went in to the restaurant to work my extra "holiday" shift...which I've noticed I'm the only one currently picking up and extra shift on holidays...

Anyway, the restaurant was dead, so I went to one of the managers and explained that I didn't really need the money from the shift, and I felt bad taking money away from the other two girls who were also working. So, she let me leave.

I drove to Edmond and picked up my mother. We drove around and had lunch and then went to visit my grandmother at the home. The visit with grandma was very depressing. She spent most of the time we were there crying and begging us to take her with us.

We then went back to Edmond and my mother and I sat on the porch and talked for quite a while...I caught her up on all my news and she continued to tell me more stories of her recent trip to Germany with my father.

At 6:00 I drove to Norman and had dinner with Tim and his roommate. Then Tim and I drove over to the softball field on the south side of OU's campus and watched the fireworks.

I drove him home and said goodnight and am now sitting in my apartment smelling the gunpowder smoke from the downtown fireworks display. Two hours later and the smell is still thick in the air.

And I still have 4 more days of vacation time to go...

woo-hoo!