7.5.12

It has been a great few days.  This 4th of July will definitely be one to be remembered.  We stayed up late one the 3rd and decorated the house for the travelers.  We made a big flag to hang up, put up streamers, decorated the tables and made a patriotic cd.  We woke the travelers (most were already awake) with the music and a big deal about it being the 4th.  Started the day with blueberry pancakes and red, white and blue crafts.  Everyone got a patriotic bracelet that we had made and a red, white and blue lei.  I think we had more fun with it then the travelers.  I did learn that I need to go back to junior high history...lol.  All these British co-workers were asking details about the history of the 4th and the flag and I knew very little and the flag was not exactly perfect but we were pretty close...lol.  I'm not sure that really counts but it was late and we were exhausted.  That is my excuse and I am sticking to it :) We took hamburgers down on the beach and had a cookout and danced and watched fireworks.  It was really neat.  I kept thinking that I could not believe that I was sitting on the beach watching fireworks for the 4th of July.  Amazing.  The firework shows lasted a long time, the weather was perfect.  The music they had to go with the show was terrible.  There was only one patriotic song, it was very disappointing!  Luckily we had our own cd!

Today was my day off and it was much needed!  I slept in a little bit and we headed straight down to the beach.  We played in the ocean for a little while and tried to lay out but the sand flies were really bad and we had to leave pretty quickly.  (I was off with one of the girls from England).  So we went into Atlantic City and did some shopping.  I found some good deals and was pretty successful.  Then we went down to the Taj Mahal and played some slots.  About the time  was going to give up I ended up winning $290!  So my day was really successful, I came out way ahead.  It will be going towards my LA spending :)  We went and had mexican food tonight and I was a little disappointed.  I wanted it so bad and the service was terrible and the food was only ok.  But oh well.  We decided we needed to go back out to the ocean so we did a little evening swimming and it was awesome.  It was a great day.  I am almost halfway through the summer and I can't believe how fast it is going by.