Sorry about your husband's earache!
RE: My "injury" . . . I was mostly peeved because the kids AND some of the parents thought it was really cute to throw firecrackers right behind people to "scare" them. Right before my sr. year of nursing school I worked one 4th of July and all night took care of a kid who'd had a firecracker blow up in his face, causing him to lose his eye and he had brain damage. Wandered around all night wondering where he was and what had happened. I KNOW the chances of that happening are rare but people just are not as careful as I think they should be. (end of rant!)
Now I'm off to a late-evening barbeque to celebrate another year of freedom and to be thankful that we've not had another major terror attack on our own soil, thanks to President Bush.
Have a wonderful evening, all.