4th of July

so i will have to post some pictures up later of my work event that i planned and executed for the 4th fo july. we did 3 events: watermelon eating contest, sunflower seed spitting contest, and water balloon toss. the watermelon eating is just toooooo halarious. i was looking forward to it all year after working at the event last year. but alas, my camera is downstairs and i am tired and dont want to go get it and monkey around with picture downloading.
so after working the event, i had been invited over to my friend Valerie's house. she and her husband are both in the Army and have considerably more friends than i do, so they had a get together for sevreal couples. luckily, they are all military also, so they understand my situation and arent weird about it. but the "affectionate couple" atmosphere was kinda tough. but that's life. it was fun to be around people and to get to know those people better and meet some new people. everyone is very nice and friendly.
tomorrow - well, today actually, josh and valerie will come over. i have bribed them with dinner in exchange for josh's manly ability to change a flat tire on charles' car. i can fix the front door on my own and keep the house clean and even deal with spiders - but i cannot change a car tire. not going to happen.

question: how did an act of treason by a group of men who had a dream of a better country back in 18blablabla turn into a holiday celebrated by blowing things up? i dont understand the connection. been pondering that today...