A Sizzle, Fizzle, Fourth

It was hot. There was a pool. There was a grill. There was an extremely dense chocolate cake. There were some less than impressive fireworks.

So no rabble-rousing for me this time around. We were invited (at 10:00 PM the night before, I might add) over to another family's house for the Fourth of July. At the end of the day, we were all pretty wiped out. It was alright for what it was, but it just seemed like any other weekend. I didn't get all crazy-patriotic (a little, but nothing "extremist" inducing). And then, today, I went back to work. ::shrug::

We actually have a lot going on this month. This Wednesday, is Cub Scout day camp (I got the day off work so I get to go). Mid-month, we're headed out on a family vacation to the zoo and aquarium across the state. At the end of the month is a local gaming convention that might be mildly amusing. We'll see.

The basement in the house has been almost finished for quite some time now. Leslie's been doing a lot more work on it than I have; that's because I'm a slacker - I've accepted this about myself. We just have a small bit of mudding and taping to finish up, then it's on to texturing and painting. After that, we can spend a fortune to carpet everything. The downstairs bathroom won't be finished yet, but the toilet flushes and that is good enough for me.

Does This Mean I'm Only a 1/3 of a Man?

Of the 30 Days to a Better Man project, I made it (kinda-sorta) 10 days. I just have too many other thing to distract me to stay focused on one thing for too long. I'm like a magpie: "Ooo! Shiny!" and off I go in a different direction. It can be a little agravating at times, but there it is.

I suppose I could go back and make more catch-up posts, but that doesn't really interest me at the moment. I read through the tasks for the other days, and while there were some good ones, I'm ready to move on with life.

"So," I can hear you saying, "what, exactly, has been monopolizing your attention this past month?" Several things:

• A board game called BattleTech - giant fighting robots, huzzah!
• Trying to brainstorm ways to get in better shape without actually having to do anything (I'll let you know if I come up with any good ideas)
• A scattering of religious topics - mostly revolving on things I should and need to improve upon in my life
• I finished reading Robinson Crusoe and gearing up for Huckleberry Finn
• The Fourth of July is coming up and I'm planning on, yet again, being a right-wing extremist rabblerouser

I'm sure there were others, but either they didn't catch my attention long enough for me to remember a week or so later. Go figure.