4th

Today, well, technically yesterday now, is Independence day. I had a very American lunch with Mom and then went to work from 3-11:30. It isn't until you're kept from doing something you do every year but never really cared about that you realize how much you need that thing. Today, for example, we would usually have the American style lunch and dinner and set off a few small fireworks in the backyard. I was stuck in Walmart this year for all of that. We could hear the fireworks going off while we were working inside and it was depressing. It felt like the year Mike went to a friend's New Year's party instead of giving me my first New Year's kiss. I know that it is silly to be down about missing fireworks with my family one year, but I can't help the feeling. Hopefully next year I'll get to be here for that.

On the subject of work, damn was it slow today! So slow, in fact, that I spent almost the entire second half of my shift learning self check out and in soft lines fixing clothes. 11:30 could not come soon enough.