I'm an old lady
6 July 2010
It’s always sad to discover such a thing about yourself. I once assumed that I would be the eternally youthful type. Sadly, no. It really is true – having kids changes everything.
My daughter, who loved fireworks last year, decided this year that there’s nothing scarier. We hadn’t planned to go see any fireworks displays this year, so when it started pouring down rain Sunday night during twilight, it didn’t interrupt any of our plans.
I’m not exactly sure when the rain let up, but I’m guessing it was somewhere around 11 last night. Because that’s when our neighbors started shooting off fireworks. And while they didn’t wake McKenna up, they woke me up. And they woke me up again around 11:20. And again at 11:45.
You want to know what my thought was? “I should go look out the window so I know who’s doing this. And then when McKenna wakes me up at 6:30 tomorrow morning, we’ll go ring their doorbell a few times.”
Yikes.
While I stand by my feelings that it’s super inconsiderate to be shooting off fireworks in your neighborhood that close to midnight, I also recognize this isn’t a thought I would have had a few years ago.
I’m old.
Comments
Really, Emii? Here it’s a county by county thing. You can’t buy them in the county we live in, but you can buy them in the county next door.
I don’t know what the rules are for setting them off. Like you can buy them here, but can you set them off here? I’ve never been interested enough to look into all the specifics.
Regardless, someone didn’t mind taking a little risk. Very, very late at night…
Posted by Stephanie Morrill on 7 July 2010
hi im briana beck cutsforth i go to cascade high school were i found ur books the 3 day of school i have read ur books and i love them im doing a book report and was wanting to no were u were from and how old u are and how old u were when u wrote ur books i am 15 and i cant belev haw much alike ur books are to my acshile life. im glad to have read them i cant wait to read the others id also like to no if ur wiriting enymore books.
Posted by briana beck on 28 October 2011
LOL. We’re not even allowed to have fireworks in Australia…
Posted by Emii on 6 July 2010