spontaneity, please...

so, yesterday was the fourth of july - woohoo! haha... well, it wasnt that bad or anything, but it could have been better. my family and i went to our neighbor's (affectionately-ish known as "beerman") fourth of july party/cookout thing where my brother and i swam in the pool most of the time. their water tastes weird - not that i try to taste it, but getting a little water in your mouth is pretty much inevitable when your swimming, which is very unfortunate in the ocean. bleh. but, it tastes almost... lemony? i think it might be all the alcoholic beverages that get spilled in there... hmmm... can you get drunk off of pool water?

i had to leave early to take car of this cute little doggy! it's an italian greyhound named sofie! she's so funny. the first time i went over there, she was really scared of me, but the second time she was all over me. she jumps soooo high! she has really long legs and is reallllly skinny and has a long neck and big ears that stand up and big eyes and a long, skinny tail that looks like a mouse's tail. well, she looks like a greyhound, but she's small - she doesnt even reach my knees, but she can jump about as high as my elbow! she likes to lie in my lap. man, i always get off on a tangent in these posts. oh, did you know that my old statistics teacher's boat's name is tangent squared?

after all of this, we went downtown to see the fireworks. i went with my family, but was hoping to meet up with people i knew there, eventually. well, i didnt have to wait long, but it wasnt the people i expected. we sat in the same place as always, up by the fountain in front of the courthouse and there were some empty chairs next to us. later some guys who i was... aquainted with (at best) came and sat in them. it was awkward... so then i decided to go walk around and i was gonna go by myself since my brother didnt want to come with me but as soon as i got down the steps this guy i knew showed up out of nowhere and was like, "laura!" and he pointed behind him and another one of my friends was there and her friend that i dont really know... but i was rescued! then we went cause she was supposed to meet another one of my friends who happened to be with two other friends of mine! ah! so many people! and none that i had expected to see, really. i am actually kind of surprised i didnt see more, though - i mean, i walked all over that place. but later alex showed up - we had to go find him though cause i couldnt give him good directions. i'm not supposed to text. not yet, at least. and as far as i know, he can't make calls on his phone? you need to work on that, alex. maybe i'll work on the texting part, too...

well, so far, i'm not so sure what i'm doing next week. i'm looking forward to thursday! yay, beach with "the group" as ij calls us - haha. and hopefully i'll get to do something wednesday! and hopefully, the other days, too. just let me know if you want to get together! i'm hoping i'll have some last minute plans, because spontaneity is fun, especially with friends.