I didn't know they were going to do that -- and it certainly startled me.
And I do need my beauty sleep.
Badly.
Well, we have been startled since before the July 4th celebrations...fireworks for personal use are legal here...and they start selling them a few days before the 4th, and there is a time frame during which time they can be set off...but the kids are still setting off some, which they held back from the holiday...we never know when something will go off...
And since we live near the Indian Reservations, there is a endless suppy of firecrackers, M-80s and quarter sticks of dynamite...Illegal stuff, mind you, but they set it off nonetheless...
And of course, I live near Ft. Lewis, so we have to put up with all the artillery shelling practice..they always post in the papers, when artillery shelling will begin and end, but we always forget, and when it starts its quite a shock...