1 day off smack in the middle of the week

Well, this year's July Fourth independence day was on a Wednesday and we got just that day off. It is great to get that break but it is just too short and having to get up to work the next day, is like another monday.I still get the monday blues - have accepted that it won't ever go away- no matter how much I enjoy my work.Friends in my previous job, had two days off,so it was easier to party hard on the fourth and sleep late to recover on the 5th. No such luck for me.

My sister , hosted a barbeque, which turned out quite wonderful with many people dropping by and tons of food and beer. They had kebabs, tri-tips, sausages, tandoori chicken,tofu kebabs and boca burgers for the vegetarians. A mixture of vegetables were also put on skewers and grilled. And these were just the barbeque items.

It's strawberry season so there were lots of strawberries - just learnt a novel way to eat them - dip a ripe juicy berry in sour cream first then dunk it into a bowl of brown sugar and plop into your mouth- yummy.

Anyway, we were at my sister's house for seven hours- we were there real early, ostensibly to help them out but they had everything ready. All we had to do was wait for the guests to show up. Came home after 6pm and just fell on the couch. After  an hour or two, fireworks started around the beach and we heard the boom go on and on. We could see a few of them from our kitchen but not a very good view as there were far too many trees blocking the view.

The next day, too late, we realized that we know of this one special place near our house, where we could have seen an unobstructed view of the firework in all their glory.

O well, the fourth of July comes around every year.