4th of July

Having fun this year, unlike last. Oy vey, was *that* a disaster. (puking kid, visitation from Those People)

Saw the parade; had fun. Having a picnic lunch with more of the family.

I miss Phoenix.

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It's nice to be cared about, and it's nice to finally get a bath after days on the road.

Wonder if Darkside's gotten his postcard yet?

It's so easy when you're evil...

I came up with a cunning plan to make That Woman uncomfortable.

That Woman has evidently been losing a startling and unhealthy amount of weight, most likely as a side effect of drug use.

So, the logical thing to do is to go get some pamphlets on anorexia, with a help line number, from somewhere, and give them to her.

Fireworks

It isn't really a 4th of July celebration until one of the explosions sets off somebody's car alarm.


The fireworks in Perry were lots of fun. There were hearts, and some smily-faces, and one star in a circle, which was my favorite. Showers of sparks, crackling sparkles, lots of fun.

Toads

I had never seen a real live toad in the wild until last night. There were four toads in the driveway under the light, eating little bugs. Go, toads. I like things that eat bugs.

Carol, who lived a few streets over, the one with the ADHD kid my age, kept all sorts of critters. She had toads. She held one and showed it to us one time. I don't think I wanted to hold it.

They're bumpy and funny-looking, but they look like frogs and they hop like frogs and I like frogs.

I still think that a snake is a better pet, though. Is anyone feeding my fish and watering my violet?

Drunk Uncle

Cousin Fred fell afoul of the police tonight: evidently you can't carry an empty beer bottle across the street in town. He reported back to us quite irately, going on about empty bottles picked up as litter on the side of the road and recycling and so on, holding forth at some length with approximately Votania's level of profanity.

It's evidently "no open containers", so you can get busted for empties.