by Kelli Bowen
Whoever decided to put a holiday in the middle of the week, you are a jerk.
We have been running, swimming, and blowing things up for five days and nights straight.
Miss A’s birthday lands the first part of July, so she always shares her birthday weekend with Independence Day weekend.
We have done birthday parties, swimming, sleepovers, bonfires, swimming, s’mores, smoke bombs, swimming, parades, fireworks and more swimming.
I go into weeks like this stopping at the grocery store for totes of pre-made dip, bulk-size cracker boxes and wine. Every place we are invited to go, we bring at least two of said items as offerings.
We are overstimulated, dehydrated, overwhelmed, depressed, and overtired. Wait…what? I need to get up at 5:30AM and work tomorrow??? Nooooooooo.
Can we all just get onboard with Halloween is the last Saturday night in October and Independence Day is the first Saturday in July going forward?
As you run into sunburnt, dark-circled, half-alive shells of their June-selves on July 5th (it’s me), be kind. We have been very busy getting our red, white and blue on celebrating our home-sweet-home’s birthday.
Now where’s the Advil…
Kelli makes her home in Cass County with her husband, two daughters (10 and 7) and two dogs. She works for a regional seed company by day and tries to be an alright mom, wife, friend and writer by night.
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