Tuesday, July 8, 2008

7/4/08 Tempe, AZ


I got an unheard of 10 hours of sleep, and still had time to run downstairs and do my laundry. We essentially live in the same jersey or t-shirt everyday, and it gets a little grimy. A Pi Alpha from ASU provided lunch for us: fried chicken, something new! To follow that up, we crusied over to the Tempe Center for Habilitaion (TCH) for an ice cream social with the residents. I ate with Sharon; she told us stories about her family, who was spread out all over the western United States. Eric and Eddy didn't talk much, but they sure enjoyed their ice cream.
The rest of the afternoon was ours and the team was given tickets to the Tempe Town Lake 4th of July Festival. It is a big deal here and we had a lot of fun. People flooded into this area near the lake, where live music, vendors, and tv crews crammed the area. We all got a great seat right near the bridge and enjoyed the 40 minutes worth of fireworks. I had never seen a show that long. Some good classic rock but also some corny patritotic music was playing in the background. Phil was being an Air Force nerd and stood up during the Star-Spangled Banner, he was the only one in the crowd to do so. It was a nice night with the team.

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