Stupid Explosions

Tullahoma decided to have its Independence Day fireworks tonight. I think they're out at the high school, but you can see them from 90% of the city and hear them from everywhere. I walked outside to take a look, and I could see most of them, but there were some trees blocking the view. The fireworks for the Air Force base are tomorrow night, out over the lake. I think I'm going to drive out to the school for the SGA cookout and watch them. I'm torn because I don't really like many of the people at the school, but it's free food.

Somehow, I lost about an hour tonight. I thought it was close to 10 when I started writing this, and it was really almost 11. So much for going to bed earlier.

Amazingly, I don't have a rant for tonight. The news cycle is just spinning around the same old stories right now since everyone important takes this whole week off. I, however, get to work everyday except the actual holiday. That's not exactly representative, though, because as long as I get work done, I can set my own schedule. And with my boss gone Friday through Wednesday, I'm going to set my schedule for Memphis over the weekend. I've been trying to find time to get back and lack of internet at home since the nearby wireless router died will set me back some, but it'll be good to get away for a few days. I'm going to try to get as lot of MATLAB work done before I leave and just write the paper itself over the weekend. I can at least get a framework down for the last bits of MATLAB I'll need to do.

At times, I almost miss having classes, if only for the structure in my schedule. They're a pain, and often not worth the time they require, but it's somewhere to be at a specific time. I don't miss classes enough to take any more than I have to from here on out, though.

I'm all for celebrating our freedom, but this is getting ridiculous. More tomorrow.