Happy Belated Independence Day to my U.S. readers! We spent ours with the kids at my parents’ home and watched the amateurs in the neighborhood set off fireworks while we messed around with sparklers, caught lightning bugs, and tried to avoid getting bit by mosquitos.
Today we slept in and then spent a couple hours at the pool. Right now the kids are with Joe at Target getting supplies for our Mexican dinner I’ll be preparing shortly.
We’re toying with the idea of going to the drive-in tonight since we’ve never been but the first movie of the double-feature is Cars 2 which we’ve already seen. The second movie is Super8 which doesn’t start until 10:30 pm. I’m already doing the math in my head regarding how much sleep I’ll be able to get since I’m working a half day tomorrow. Thanks to the fact that I have no one to cover for me, I can’t take the entire week off to spend with the kids while they are here. Bitter much? Yes. I haven’t had time off between the 6th and the 10th of any month in over five years but I’m trying to make the most of it by doing some fun things before I have to go back to work for the rest of the week while everyone else gets to have fun. Waaah-waaah.