Let Freedom Ring...

Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans, and hey to everyone else.

I'm at work, so no fireworks or barbeque for me tonight, unless it's on tv, but that's ok, my tummy is still quite icky. But I am going to ramble a bit.

And music - there's music for you in it. Martina McBride's Independence Day which is awesome.

I don't really know what to say. I feel a little like i am failing at life, because I have so many responsibilities and no way to get them all done. My house is a disaster area right now, to the point that cleaning it seems like a fruitless exercise in masochism, especially since DH is no help at all at getting things done, and even less now that he is working a few hours a week. In all fairness, he is sick right now, too, but I am so tired of this. I am just so tired of everything. I hate that I missed school for being sick, because it is a summer term, and really short. I usually love the immersion of summer terms, but absences are a lot different in the main term, and I need to get A's in everything to keep my GPA going up.

Also, work sucks, especially when you feel icky, and will not work at all once I start my clinicals in the spring. *sigh* However, I am writing this from work, on my own laptop, using their Wi-Fi... so I giver them minor points for that at least.

But, you know for all of my whining, and that's what it all really boils down to... I have a job, I am working my way through school, and for all that it's a mess, I have a decent roof over my head, food in the fridge, etc. Life's not so bad, and I can see my own Independence in the not so far future. That's something to be thankful for.

The Rocket's Red Glare, The Bombs Bursting in Air

Remember, I said no fireworks for me, because I was working.

Wrong.

Instead of being at the park up the highway, the fireworks were at the fairgrounds, which are pretty much right behind the motel ( < 1/4 mile ). So I walked out into the parking lot and watched about 10 minutes in the middle. It was pretty good. The lights were right in front of me, and it sounded like a percussion section behind me.

Awesome.