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4th Festivities

My 4th of July was good, but more or less uneventful. We spent Friday afternoon at Jordan's friend John's parents' house (did I punctuate that right?) on Medicine Lake. We played a couple games of v-ball and splashed around in the lake for a bit then headed back to Rachel's to grill out. They decided that no 4th of July would be complete without swimming in a Kiddie Pool, so Rachel and Amy ran to the store and purchased one, then filled it with freezing cold water, and proceeded to play around in it like 4 year olds (except with alcoholic drinks in hand) for hours. It was fun to watch I guess, if you're into crazy girls. The food was good, the company better, but I decided to take off around 6:00 and head back to my place to watch a movie and then the fireworks from my balcony. I have to admit that I'm not as big a fan of fireworks as I was in my youth, but I love watching the 4th of July fireworks from my balcony. I live on the 23rd floor and I can look out and in every direction there are fireworks filling the sky. It’s an incredible sight, for about 10 minutes, and then I lose interest. Nonetheless, I was glad to be there.

Saturday I woke up and headed up to the cabin and spent the day with the family. Tried to fish for a bit but it was too windy on the lake (no hooks in the neck this time) so I headed back and floated on the lake for a bit. My uncle decided that we needed a 45 pound turkey to feed the 18 of us so we ate turkey until we passed out (leaving about 25 lbs. of leftovers). I think he takes pride in the size of his turkey, not sure about that one.

Sunday I slept in, relaxed, celebrated my aunt's birthday at Jax Cafe with the family, exercised, and then relaxed some more. It was a nice day to do nothing.

Despite my best intentions of making it to the Taste of Minnesota this year, I never quite made it over to Harriet Island. It was probably safest that I didn't go considering the number of tragic fatalities this year. Maybe they should move it back to the capitol, it seemed a little safer there. I did however see/hear the fireworks every night, so I at least felt like I was a part of it.

Alright, that's it for this entry. Sorry, no exciting story this time, but I'll work on one for next time.