The Fourth of July was a long, slow day, which is just fine with me. On occasion, I don’t mind a slow day.
The day started very early with Tour of France. This is a month-long bicycle racing event that I watch every year. It starts at 5AM on the West Coast! It’s like watching a very slow chess match with a gorgeous backdrop of ever-changing scenery. I just love France; it’s so romantic – all those castles, cathedrals and villages! The whole place is steeped in history… and these bicyclists ride right through it!
When that was over, I put in half a day of work to get to a point where I was satisfied with my progress.
I began to get sleepy after that, realizing that I hadn’t eaten anything all day (living on coffee!), so I had a late lunch then watched a couple of not so good action movies on Hulu. I would have watched TV, except that my son was on an all-day marathon of Mass Effect (a video game). He completed the game today and then started over. The game has some role-playing elements in it (or a dichotomous story, or several if-then statements, depending on your point of view). The first go around, he played nice; choosing all the good responses. Now he’s going to choose all the “jerk” responses and see if it gets him killed.
From what I understand (and I may be wrong on this), there is no live band at the community fireworks event tonight. I usually go for the band, and to hang out with my church/band friends. This year some friends of ours have a room at the Embassy Suites, which overlooks the fireworks. We’ll watch from there tonight. This will probably also make it easier for us to get home afterwords as well.
Mood: Lazy.