I thank god for my life
And for the stars and stripes
May freedom forever fly, let it ring.
Salute the ones who died
The ones that give their lives
So we don’t have to sacrifice
All the things we love…
Like our chicken fried
– Zac Brown Band
Happy Independence Day weekend Everyone! I hope its sunny where you are, it definitely is NOT here in north bama! In fact, my fourth was a little damp…okay it was sopping wet! Much to my disappointment, it was just gross outside.. and for me that means I have to give up on straitening my hair… but that has a back story, so let me back up and start over from the beginning!
Once upon a time…
Okay, seriously though. It started out with having a girls night. (Why? That’s a secret for now!) So anyways, I had this great idea that we could have a girls night sometime this week . My two best friends were up for it because no one would have to work on the fourth. Heck yes! Lnz was really excited about the new MAN OF STEEL movie coming out because shes a huge super man fan. In the end it was four of us. Lnz, her roomie from college, Knz, and me. We met at Steak and Shake, I had cheese fries of course. We went to the Manaco and saw the movie really late. You can see my review for it (here). We probably didn’t get out till 1AM, and then we had to pick up some cars and get back to Lnz’s house. I know for a fact we didn’t get to bed till at least 3AM yesterday morning, which is out of the norm for me. Even as a college student, I’m an in bed by 10:30 kind of girl unless its movie night with the boyfriend. The next morning(more like noon) we went stomping around a place called Thompson Falls. Its beautiful. (I’ll ad pictures of the place one day) Knz’s parents closed on the land today, so she basically owns the place, which is super awesome!
So after we got back, I ditched my friends thinking I’d have time to get a quick shower, celebrate with the family, and drive out to my boyfriend’s house to meet him and go elsewhere to “party”. I ended up taking a longer shower than I should have(totally normal for me) so I scrunched and blowdried my hair into a wavy (totally sexy) mess! I had to bypass the extended family for the first time in a long while so I wouldn’t put myself in a bind. I honestly wanted to stop really bad, but I was afraid of running late in holiday traffic.
Zack took me out to one of his best friend’ s place. He and his girlfriend live out there with on of Zack’s other best friends. We cooked out of the grill and hung out for a while. It was really nice to just relax and enjoy ourselves after the chaos recently. One of my favorite parts of the Fourth of July is the fireworks show they put on at the Lake. Its been many years since I’ve missed it, and even though the traffic is terrible, its totally worth it. The four of us left chilled out in the bed of a truck, even in the drizzle!
Here’s a snap shot from after the grand finale.
Let The Top Back 