da fourth

Whoa- yesterday was a 4^th for the books.  The whole day was SUPER chill for Josh and I.  Josh’s allergies have unfortunately been kicking his butt so we only ventured out for some medicine- poor guy.  We grilled a late lunch/early dinner then staked out our spot on the roof.  We had no idea if it would be packed or not so we had decided to save our spots from early on in the day.  We brought a blanket, books, Farkle, snacks and the laptop for some tunes.  From 4-9pm we had a nice relaxing time together in the 70 degree sun.  Though a pet peeve of mine- people setting off their fireworks during a sunny day- people you can’t see them why are you shooting them?!?!  One thing we quickly learned is that when there is no humidity it still gets cold at night even in the summer.  We kept going back to our apartment for extra layers to keep up with the setting sun. 

A little after 9pm our friends/community group leaders came over with their 2 daughters.  It was pretty sweet because their girls had never seen fireworks before!  They loved them!  Now being on the roof we could see for miles and apparently A LOT of people around here buy large illegal fireworks.  It was unreal the amount of fireworks going off at one time.  From our roof we could see at least 3 actual city firework shows- including downtown at Lake Union.  Those looked AMAZING even from miles away!  On top of the 3 actual shows were TONS of people setting off their own…literally without exaggeration- we could see AT LEAST 50 fireworks going off at one time for a good hour all around us.  Some people that live right next to our apartment building were shooting large fireworks off in the park across the street meaning they were huge, loud and towering over us on the roof.  Now I will say this is the first year I have ever had to ask myself- now was that noise a firework or a gun?  Thankfully we heard more fireworks than gunshots!  Even as I write this at 11:36pm on the 4^th there are STILL fireworks going off.  Like I said it is one for the books.