I was curious about July 3. I mean we all know that July 4th is Independence Day, a really officially big deal. But what about the 3rd? According to one of the lists of such things, it's National Eat Beans Day (is this for more noise on the 4th?). It's also National Chocolate Wafers Days, National Stay Out of the Sun Day and Disobedience Day. That last might have had something to do with those naughty colonials.
However, based on the noise outside my window and the fireworks being set off everywhere I can see on the horizon, I'm pretty sure today is "I Just Can't Wait for the 4th Day." When I was a child fireworks were a really big, once a year, deal. On the 4th, after the parade in the morning, and time spent at the fair during the day (our little town did it right) we would spread our blankets on the ground in the park, lay back and wait for the fireworks to start. It was always a grand show that seemed to go on for a long time while we ooohed and aaahed to our heart's content.
Now, don't get me wrong, I still enjoy fireworks, and I will carry my camp chair down to our parking lot tomorrow night (my blanket days are over) and watch the display that Fort Wayne provides, and they will be beautiful, but it's just not as rare and magical as it was when I was a child.
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