Come Pick Me Up

"We'd hit the bottom, I thought it was my fault and in a way I guess it was"

Oh deary me, what a fun 4th of July at the park. I cannot believe how not bad this weekend actually was, all on account of the early shift...it is a beautiful thing. Today we had a massive park BBQ at the maintenance shop. It was a day full of ribs, sausage, burgers, hot dogs, brownies, soda and macaroni salad....and of course cleaning bathrooms and directing traffic. We used our "lawnmower grill" to perfection, it cooked a mighty fine rib. Almost everyone from the park, except the lifeguards, came up to at least have a burger and hang around for a while in one of the bays. It was absolutely hilarious to see everyone just ripping into each other, laughing and basically talking for two hours. I realize now that our new park superintendent is a great person with a pretty good sense of humor about most things we say and do...which can be iffy sometimes. All the Rangers, maintenance guys, most of the office and the superintendent showed up to partake. Did we neglect our job for a few hours to just hang out and eat good food...yes, yes we did. I figure, if the superintendent is there...we can't get in trouble. It was just a damn good time had by all.

I think I am going to see fireworks tonight with a bunch of people, something I have not done in many years. I missed out last year with illness, the year before with the late shift and didn't even think of seeing them in the years before that. Loud exploding things make me happy, so it should be a good night indeed.

Good moods on days that are supposed to suck just make me smile way too much.

Song of The Day: Kalamazoo- Ben Folds