I decided to wake up at 8:00 a.m. this morning, because I am apparently crazy. I stayed up until 1:00 a.m. the night before skyping my amazing boyfriend. Over the course of this summer, I have learned skyping him is one of my favorite things to do. It's right up there with baking and watching tennis, so that's on a high level of enjoyment for me.
Anyway, after spending way too long on Awkward Family Photos, I decided to make myself presentable and get something done. Every 4th of July, my family has a buffet of food available all day, then we eat later in the evening, just before we set off fireworks. During the day, Eryn, Ashlee and I made double chocolate cookies, guacamole, and ice cream cookie sandwiches. I would say all of them were successful, especially because Ashlee is already a better cook than me at 10 years old. She has a bright future ahead.
Just before dinner, Eryn and I were both struggling to stay awake after laying around all day. So we decided to make a Sonic run to get 44 ounces of pure caffeine in the form of raspberry tea, in hopes it would wake us up. I can say now, after consuming it over 3 hours ago, I am still hyped up. It definitely worked.
Finally, when it began to get dark, we went outside to start lighting off fireworks. Ashlee and Eryn were the ones lighting off fireworks tonight, but maybe next year I'll be the one doing it. Anyway, we had a great time shooting off different variations of fireworks, from those with various colors, to those that emitted high-pitched sounds. Nonetheless, it was a great 4th of July.
We are fortunate to live close enough to SBU that we could steal their wi-fi if we had the password, so we had a great view of the annual SBU fireworks show. I took many videos on my phone of the event, knowing it would outdo any fireworks we would shoot off during the night. I'd say this year topped last year's show.
When we came back in from the fireworks, Eryn and I convinced my family to join us in a game of nertz. We got more and more competitive with each round, though it was all in good fun. My mom is a beast at nertz; though she never won a round, she ended up in second place. That game turns nice Kaila into overly competitive Kaila that very few have seen. If you ever play the game with me, I apologize in advance if my ugly side comes out.
Now that it is already the 5th of July, I can reflect on yet another great 4th of July. Though I cannot wait to get back to normalcy, homework, and Matt in Iowa, I am enjoying my stay in Missouri. I am starting to realize, if God calls me to move back home and live in Missouri, I won't resist it. Iowa will still have my heart, but Missouri can always be a familiar place for me. And what's so wrong with familiar?
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