04 jul: independence day

on thursday night justin and lindsay went to georgia to pick up teddy. that night joe church housesat for them, but then travis and i housesat for them the rest of the weekend. on friday midmorning we went to check on them and then ran around together the rest of the day. travis had friday off for the holiday and it was nice to have him around. we stayed the night at the leaches' and sarah and amanda came over to watch a movie with us. we only watched one and then we went to bed ... this is very unusual for a friday night movie fest. the next morning, we took care of the pups and then ran a few errands. my parents had already left for carrie and murray's house (long-time friends of my parents). travis didn't want to meet a lot of new people, so we decided not to go. with everyone out of town it was unusually quiet. it kind of reminded us of vacation. we watched wimbledon and ran a few more errands, then we met amanda at the lears' house for dinner. steve was working and zach was working, so travis, dee, amanda, and i were the only ones there. we didn't let off any fireworks and the neighborhoods seemed unusually quiet. after dinner we watched a movie with amanda at her apartment since she doesn't like to be there alone when zach's working. we were pretty tired that night, too, though, so we went back to the leaches', dried off the pups because they were muddy messes from the rain, and we fell asleep before midnight. it didn't feel like the fourth of july, but we had a good day together just the same.