Nicest Husband usually does this for me each year; but, this year, he’s traveling. This means that, tomorrow, *I* will have to step up to the plate and take Sweet Pea to our annual 4th of July parade. Not only am I a total stick-in-the-mud when it comes to parades; last year, the local evangelicals were out in force, approaching my (10-year-old) daughter with event invitations – and candy! – every time my husband’s head was turned. After hearing about it when they returned home, I even shot off a short post, God Bless the 4th of July!, which included pictures of all the crap treats that my daughter received. In other words, Not. Looking. Forward. To. Tomorrow. Wish me luck? …Or, given my feelings about people who engage in what I call, “Have you seen my puppy evangelism?,” maybe you’d like to wish *them* luck ;)
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I am more worried for them than for you. :)
Nance
Even without evangelical enticement (??) I hate all that crowd scene stuff too, parades and conventions, rush hour and premieres.
You need a more “home” tradition for the Fourth maybe, like ours — we stay in the A/C, do hamburgers and chips, watch 1776 on dvd and speak/sing along, before vegging out in front of the Boston Pops fireworks.
And of course there’s Wimbledon! (although the all-Williams Sister final this morning was stinky.)