Happy 4th

So this was my first official holiday to be off (without having to sell my soul to the Delta devils or call in dead) in seven years.
I was so excited. Four whole days with my sweet hubby and no family obligations whatsoever. No airplanes. No hassle. Just us.
And let me tell you, it was exactly what I wanted it to be. We slept in. We ran errands. We celebrated Michael's big promotion at work. We went to a Broadway show. (Steven Lynch in the Wedding Singer, I highly recommend downloading his comedy routine or renting his DVD, Live at the El Rey - he's hilarious!) We even went on a Target/Home Depot shopping adventure in Brooklyn (and yes, any car trip to Brooklyn is an adventure.) But the highlight was our bike ride to see the Little Red Lighthouse. This is the cutest little lighthouse under the GW Bridge, I've decided I want to live there and be the lighthouse keeper, if there is such a thing. If not, then I'll just have to create the position for myself.
Oh and, on a side note, after hearing my ten-year old niece's recent revelation regarding my sister and her baby, I have decided that children should be the policy makers for the world. First, the father of my sister's unborn baby is black. Amanda, while extremely tan with dark hair and dark eyes, is white. I have no problem with this, my parents on the other hand are less than happy about the situation and have made my poor sister extremely sad over the situation. So, she was slightly reluctant to tell our nieces who love her more than their own mom (who is a chronic tanner - she's very dark, scary dark, skin cancer wannabe tan.) But, Amanda was brave and she told the girls. Well, Anderson, who is ten, thought about it for a minute and then looked at her mom and then looked at Amanda and promptly asked, "Well, that's cool I guess, but will the baby be as dark as my mom?"
From the mouths of babes...
Overall, it was a great weekend.