Weekend Finally!

The weekend finally is here and although it is not the long weekend that most everyone else will enjoy at least I will be off for a few days.

Work last night was very slow and quiet which is just what I needed due to my lack of sleep the day before. Then as I was leaving I ran into a old friend whom I had not seen in quite awhile. She is a very pretty, smart, charming and interesting, the kind of person who just brightens your day to see and talk to. This just put an extra bounce in my step as I left for home.

I then proceeded to cook myself a huge breakfast of hotlinks,eggs,toast and juice. After playing around on the computer it was then to bed for some much needed sleep. Tonight there will be a cookout with family and friends and then a nice lunch tomorrow with some more family and friend members. The rest of the weekend is free and I will need it to gear myself up for the Sunday night shift at work.

How bad could your shift get you ask? Well the 4th is just below New Years Eve as far as bringing out the drunks, power drinkers and the problem children in their 40's who have no idea or concept in what they are doing or why they are there. A few years back I had to work the 4th and was outside trying to stop people from throwing beer bottles at my office building. I then proceeded to ask a group of them what the 4th of July even means? Their answer was to look at me like I was crazy and then said " its July 4th a time to drink eat and shoot fireworks". I then asked but why and they never did get it. They know nothing about why everyone is celebrating just that they are. Hmmm these people must have voted for Obama and must watch American Idol and Dancing with the stars! These are the types that I had hoped to avoid but will be dealing with all over again Sunday night. Not exactly the way I thought or hoped to be spending my Sunday night to be sure. My only hope is that it will pour rain come Sunday night and keep some of these people away. Fingers crossed!

I wish that I were in Las Vegas right now playing a VP machine drinking a cocktail and knowing that come Sunday night I will be watching fireworks blast off above the strip. I have never spent the 4th there but other than the heat I think it would be a blast and is something that I probably needed to plan for and do in the near future. Maybe next year.

I also have a pile of books I need to get through and read sometime soon. Now that the house is clean and the yard is taken care of maybe I can spend more time reading and enjoying myself. So as you can see I have a pretty full weekend ahead of me. It is just that I dread Sunday night sooo very much.