Fireworks Ad Nauseum

PEOPLE....LISTEN UP!!!!

Im as patriotic and fun spirited as the next person. On the Fourth of July i expect some BOOM, some BLAM, some KAPOW!!! What i do not expect is boom, blam, kapow for 7 nights straight. It is rude and annoying to live in a suburban neighborhood with people from 1 to 85 and have to put up with that for a week.

I can give you the night before the big event, the big event, and maybe the night after.....but SEVEN freaking nights and we are fried. Our 2 year old hasnt been to bed before 10 in a week and the cracks are showing.

Tonight my hubby was about to go to the neighbors and complain....but i intervened and went myself. *trying to prevent bloodshed*

So i walk down the street and very politely ask the people how much longer they think they will be.....that we havent been able to get our toddler down for a week due to fireworks. And they just looked at their watch and him hawed and said "uh...i dont know...maybe 20 more minutes"......no...oh im so sorry, or thanks for being so polite and neighborly about our disturbance. Nope. So i sighed....told them i would try to hold off my hubby for 20 minutes and walked back home.

So THAT is how it works. We now know who the rude neighbors are. And we are taking note. Tim took the wolverine for a drive to get him to sleep. And im still hearing fireworks. ILLEGAL fireworks i might add......yeah....in the city. So im giving them until 10 and then im calling the police. And i swear if i hear one more BOOM...BAM...or CRACK tomorrow night i am reigning down terror on them.

And i will reiterate, we are taking note of that house. We know who they are now. And we WILL NOT FORGET.

Baby blues, blahs, blechs.....

So i will admit i am about at my wits end. This time around, being pregnant has been not so fun. My morning sickness is all the time. I have pregnancy reflux...so anytime i eat it feels like it stays in my throat for hours. So i dont eat. And that makes the icky car sick feeling worse. Are you starting to get dizzy from my vicious cycle??!!

Im going to see the doctor today. To find out what i can take to relieve the reflux...or the yucks...and to make sure im not dehydrated. Im sure i am to some extent because my lips are cracked and i dont even get up at night to pee. Not a good sign.

So Ive missed 3 days in 3 weeks of work. So far, so bad.

The hubby i believe is about at his wits end as well. I dont guess he would say that, but he doesnt have to. He has never been good at hiding his feelings. And if this were reversed i imagine by now i would be tired of doing 98% of everything around the house and with the wolverine. Plus his show opens on the 12th. So we have high stress levels around our house.

Im not whining, im just worried. Im not one to give up alot of control easily, and with pregnancy you have no control really over your own body, emotions, etc. Im one big hormonal, chemical imbalance. I keep thinking i will have a breakthrough and be able to get it together.

I feel like im letting my family down. That is not a good feeling.

On the up side....this cant last forever, right?

Buffy the Fug

Its Independence Day SMG....Free yourself from grey satin shorts.

Courtesy of the fug girls.

Some Patriotic Trivia for the 4th.....

and yes im still just trying to get by. Hope you all have a Happy 4th.

1. Independence Day commemorates the formal adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. However, it was not declared a legal holiday until 1941.

2. Fireworks were made in China as early as the 11th century. The Chinese used their pyrotechnic mixtures for war rockets and explosives.

5. Not all members of the Continental Congress supported a formal Declaration of Independence, but those who did were passionate about it. One representative rode 80 miles by horseback to reach Philadelphia and break a tie in support of independence.

3. Uncle Sam was first popularized during the War of 1812, when the term appeared on supply containers. Believe it or not, the U. S. Congress didn't adopt him as a national symbol until 1961.

4. There are many precise rules for taking care of the American flag. And speaking of flag traditions, we're sorry to report that contrary to legend, historical research has failed to confirm that Betsy Ross sewed the first flag.

6. The first two versions of the Liberty Bell were defective and had to be melted down and recast. The third version rang every Fourth of July from 1778 to 1835, when, according to tradition, it cracked as it was being tolled for the death of Chief Justice John Marshall.

7. The American national anthem, the "Star-Spangled Banner," is set to the tune of an English drinking song ("To Anacreon in Heaven").

8. The iron framework of the Statue of Liberty was devised by French engineer Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel*, who also built the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

9. The patriotic poem "America the Beautiful" was published on July 4, 1895 by Wellesley College professor Katharine Lee Bates*.

10. Father of the country and architect of independence George Washington held his first public office at the tender age of 17. He continued in public service until his death in 1799.