Always boom tomorrow

So, feeling rather icktastic--remnants of lost sleep thanks to a migraine of yesterday--I decided we should stay home today instead of heading out to socialize.

This turned out to be both a good and bad decision.

Bad because it turns out that about three dozen people within a 10-block radius, including our next-door neighbors and one of the houses across the street, had decided to put on their own massive explosion display.

Good because said people were largely idiots, and there were a few close calls from stupidly placed shells. Including one that exploded in someone's back yard.

Brilliant.

I will NEVER understand why it's legal anywhere for civilians to fire off anything that leaves the ground. I don't mind if people want to be stupid and blow themselves up, but when your explosives start coming within five feet of my front lawn? Yeah. It's my business.

At least it's finally calming down, now. The poor cats have been pacing nervously all day.