Today has been yet another day overwhelmed with busyness. I spent all of last night and the early hours of this morning guarding the fireworks stand, a necessary chore considering that one of the other stands on the same street was robbed last night. I stayed up til almost 2 o’clock play Clue* and then watched the Pretender on DVD until the stand opened up at 9:00. I then headed home to catch a few hours of sleep before heading back to the stand to help with sales at 3:00. In the evening we went to my grandmother’s house for a barbecue. Now I’m totally tired.
In the midst of the busyness it is easy to forget what we are celebrating, too easy to take for granted the freedoms our country has purchased with the blood of our soldiers and of our enemies. Perhaps it would be a good idea on this fourth day of July to pause and reread the Declaration of Independence and refresh in our minds the high ideals for which our forefathers fought.
*In playing I developed a strategy that I think will allow me to win the majority of future games. I’m eager to play again to find out if my new technique proves valid.
Fireworks…
Who did you play clue against? Fellow guards?