Some much needed rain/my day

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We went to the town south of us to get groceries and dinner tonight. We normally can't go grocery shopping on Fridays because my husband works nights, but he had tonight off for the 4th of July holiday. On our way there, there was a total downpour. There was one before we left, too, but it had stopped, and we ended up driving into another one. The rain and wind were crazy, but boy did it help with the heat. The temperature dropped a good ten or 20 degrees from earlier in the day. It felt wonderful. We got into town, and we all decided we were hungry. We went to Raising Cain's, and it was my son's first time there. Once again, no hunger beats the hunger of a teenage boy. My son got the biggest box they had and downed it in record time, and then ate what we couldn't. I got a much smaller box than the boys, so I was mostly able to eat it all. I thought maybe the traffic would be bad due to it being the holiday weekend, because it was terrible in our town, which is why we decided to head south. Our town was also having its fireworks display tonight, so we decided we didn't want to deal with the crowds and didn't go. When we got into town, it was nowhere near as bad as our town, but that might also be due to all of the rain they were still getting hammered with. We did a nice, steady pace to get indoors. The stores were the least busy I had ever seen them. We were able to get down the aisles and not have to deal with many people. We were in and out quicker than we had ever been in and out of stores, which is great, because I was struggling with focus tonight. My brain could not just stick to the list and was floating everywhere, but despite the extra effort of trying to focus, we were still in and out fairly quickly. By the time we got groceries and headed home, the rain had finally let up. I don't know that it has rained since. All I know is we clearly needed it. Our town still had its fireworks. I can only imagine people sitting out in their chairs getting soaked. I think it did clear up in time for the fireworks, but so many people get there super early to find parking, so if they didn't get in their car quickly enough and had everything set up, they may have been in for a rude awakening. It gets super packed, so it's not uncommon for people to get there hours early and set everything up. I have no idea what we are doing for the actual 4th of July if anything, we may just have a day at home. I guess time will tell. I hope everyone here in the US is having a great start to their 4th of July weekend. Happy 250th! What did you do today or I guess it was yesterday now?