Happy 4th of July to all of my fellow Americans! I hope this finds you all still SAFE and healthy after the Independence Day festivities. I’m home from all of mine, and I would dearly love to be in bed right now as my day started at 5am this morning. As it is, even as tired as I am, there is still way too much booming going on outside to even bother trying to sleep… it would be a waste of time.

My day started out heading up to Lake Michigan to get on the sailboat with Dad, Gloria, Ryan, Ash-lee and Killian. I was really looking forward to it, and it should have been great fun. Which I’m sure it WOULD have been if I hadn’t gotten nauseous about an hour in and spent most of the rest of the morning hanging off the back of the boat. The last hour or so before we made it back to the river was spent face down on one of the seats because if I sat up any further than that, I got sick again and there was nothing left to throw up! Of course, I was fine by the time we got back to the slip and was eating potato chips in the car on the way home.

By the time the family cookout rolled around with my mom’s side of the family, I was starving. Understandably, since the only thing that actually STAYED in my stomach all day was a handful of chips lol I came home from the boating trip, grabbed my stuff, my friend Amy and went to the cookout. Probably got home about 10 minutes or so ago. We had a good time, but I was definitely ready to go home. It was seriously cold for July– I was in a sweatshirt, and sweatpants and still freezing. And of course, we’ve set of fireworks every year I can remember my entire life, and they have never taken so long! It was a good night though, and I’m definitely glad I went.

For now… I think I’m going to at least try and go to bed. I’ve had a headache all day that’s still making me feel kind of queasy, and I think the fireworks sounds from outside are at least starting to slow down a bit. Goodnight kids!