This week has seemed very long for some reason, maybe because there was nothing going on. It was just another normal week.

I was able to have lunch with my best friend Phillis. We had not seen each other for a long time. She's been staying with her mother whose health is failing. Between worrying over that and trying to work in an atmosphere that has not been a good one, she needed a break. So, we had a 2 1/2 hour lunch. The restaurant was great as they didn't try to rush us out, just let us sit and talk. It did us both good.

Bill was up a couple of nights with leg cramps again. He hadn't had any for months so I think he was dry again. He's done better with water the last couple of days so maybe he's gotten enough fluid in his blood again.

We're going to have a quiet holiday. Not planning on doing much. We may bbq, as so many will be doing, but only if we can get the new grill put together. Bill went out to do it yesterday and when I checked an hour later to see if he was ready for lunch, we was sitting with all of the parts out but nothing put together. He tried telling me that the instructions were wrong, but it's just his short-circuited brain. I told him we would both work on it today. We won't try to watch the fireworks, I don't think. It's too crowded and the mosquitos are too bad. The neighborhood will get even noisier than it usually is, and the firecrackers have already started. Fireworks aren't supposed to be shot inside the city limits, but no one pays any attention to that, including the police. So, we'll probably find one to watch on TV, probably Boston or New York.

We're getting some new neighbors. They started moving in yesterday. Hopefully they will be better than the last ones!

I hope everyone has a good holiday, whether you celebrate or not. This was always a big holiday for our family as my dad shot the town fireworks show. He would build "set pieces" (ones that are not arial) in our garage and once he took them to whatever site the town was using he would not leave them. He would start shooting announcement bombs (the kind that just boom with no pretties) at noon and continue every hour. We would take a picnic supper out so that we could eat as a family before the show started. For the most part good memories.

Until next week...