Many ask that question (in the post title) on the first day back to work following a long weekend holiday...such as we just had. Many will smile and say, "Great...how about you", while others will mumble a few words such as, "OK, I guess." It's all in one's attitude I suppose.
Some are sunburned, some are bone-tired after a long drive home, some are nursing sore muscles after participating in outdoor activities their bodies were not fully prepared for, and others are simply thankful to be back to work...or not.
For my family, we were in the backyard pool at 11AM, and then at 2 PM we sat together on the patio eating peeled shrimp, Jesse Jones hotdogs (a southern treat...red-colored as they are...and full of stuff the Docs tell us is no good...but once or twice a year can't be all that bad, eh?), home-made potato salad, cold slaw and chips...followed by fresh watermelon. Then.. it began to thunder, lightning and rain.
Watching the local radar on my daughter's and my iPhone (we used two different websites to find the one with the best colors...mostly yellow and bright red) as the afternoon and early evening progressed, it became clear that our plan to drive ten miles or so to Eden, NC to watch fireworks was in serious jeopardy, because the weather radar we were watching had a mass of red color all over Rockingham County where the Town of Eden sits. So, we decided to go get milkshakes from Hardys instead, and sit in the house to watch Twilight Zone reruns on the Syfy Channel.
Point being...we had lots of fun...regardless of no fireworks display...even though they did take place. It stopped raining during the third episode of Twilight Zone. Oh well...there's next year...and besides, those Jesse Jones hotdogs made it a special day, fireworks or not.
