Happy 4th Of July

There was a nice celebration here at Casa de Cud. We didn't buy any fireworks, but there's somebody in back of us that went completely apeshit. Last year they spent $5000, and I think this year they spent more. They had huge explosions, clustered together in continuous bursts. There must have been three or four people setting them off at the same time. It was real pretty, and there were amazing booms. It sounded like a war zone. I don't think I would have been any happier if we drove to the city and had to put up with traffic and crowds and $5 drinks. My only complaint was they couldn't wait to set them up, so they started as soon as it started getting dark. It would have been cooler if they'd waited, but I can understand not wanting to be setting off explosives in the dark.