Uh-MURica. And Freedom.

~Highlight of the Day: sitting in air conditioned housing for two movies straight ~

I love this country. I appreciate deeply what our founding fathers did, and the vision they had of what this country could become. I believe the constitution is one of the most important documents in existence, and that it was divinely inspired.

There. That's about all the 4th of July-ing I've done all day. It's hot outside. And inside for that matter. . . fire = chemical reaction = heat. It just doesn't have the same appeal here as it usually does in Washington.

I really am proud to be an American (even though I cannot say/type that phrase without getting that one song stuck in my head). I remember distinctly how one morning during my senior year of high school I was saying the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of 2nd period, and as it got to the end I said, like I do every time, " One nation under God, individual, with liberty and justice fur all". With wonder and amazement I realized I had pronounced, and had been doing so since who knows when, the 'for' like any redneck hick out there. And it was then that I truly identified myself with America and the odd subtleties of our culture. :) Yep. I'm uh-murican. fur life.

So ironically today I recieved a lovely gift from a fellow intern for watering his garden while he was away at a conference in Canada.

What makes it really funny is that my college friends call me Canadian. I'm not sure why, something about me not knowing what the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was and some other obviously American thing I somehow didn't pick up in my youth. . . anyway. I can't wait to use this next time I'm in Provo :)

Happy Fourth of July!