Chapter Four- Almost an End

Hey there... Ah, July Fourth. The favored holiday for firework experts and novices alike. So here is where we find ourselves at day four of the five day weekend.

The morning started like a usual weekend would. Sleep in. Wake up. Go to our favorite diner for breakfast. I would've gladly made Adam breakfast, but he just loves his breakfast from Billy's! This independence Day was different from previous ones because this time I did not spend it with my family. Instead, we spent it with friends. After a late breakfast, we headed home for a few hours. I cleaned a little and Adam ran to the store. At about 2:45, we headed over to my friend Carissa's sisters' apartment. We were meeting a bunch of my friends there before going to play a couple games of laser tag. I had never been to play laser tag before, so I was excited. We had a whole group of us going- eleven total. When we got there, Dave (Carissa's brother-in-law) began dancing around like a little kid, all excited about Laser Quest. I kinda wondered what Adam was thinking, as it was the first time he had ever hung out with my friends. It didn't seem to faze him really. Good thing. We played two good rounds of tag and I did horrible in both. But I had a great time and felt like a kid again. It was probably the most active thing I've done in a long time. After laser tag, I bid my friend fare-well as they went off to their own picnic and Adam and I went to ours. We had been invited to Adam's friend Greggs' house on Lake Ontario. It was mostly Gregg's family at the picnic, but I still managed to enjoy myself. Gregg has a jet ski which Adam and I got to enjoy for a bit. We hadn't brought our bathing suits, so I just rolled up my pant legs and tried not to get too wet. No use really. I gave up trying before getting too far. Adam drove really fast and I hung on tight. Good thing I had a dry sweatshirt in the car. Eventually we had to go to Gregg's real house (this house was one he had just flipped and was selling) because Adam had brought fireworks and we couldn't set them off down by the lake because the other houses were too close. So we packed up and drove off. The guys had a great time blowing stuff up for the first hour while waiting for it to get dark. Milk jugs, water bottles... "What else can we blow up?" This picture is of Adam getting ready to blow up a milk jug. It actually was pretty cool. They were such Piroes. (How do you spell that?) Anyways, the fireworks were big and beautiful and fun to watch. We got home late and exhausted. I still had one more day off, but Adam had to go back to work the next day. Sleep was good after a long, exciting Independence Day. Happiness to all!